Flight Fantasy
Use your body to make things go! In Flight Fantasy kids experiment with balance, speed and coordination as they simulate flying, rowing or playing hopscotch on a cloud! Experimentation will propel children’s imaginations and inspire future pilots, astronauts, engineers and artists!
Flight Fantasy features:
- Hampster Wheel
- Flying Machine
Enjoy the following books:
Albert by Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by Jim LaMarche
Albert does not like to leave his house very much. But after a series of strange events, including a birds building its nest in his outstretched palm, Albert finally finds his own way to fly.
Flight of the Dodo by Peter Brown
Everyone knows that penguins can’t fly. Neither can ostriches or kiwis. But nobody said they couldn’t build a flying machine for themselves and finally join all the other birds in the sky.
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold’s vibrant “quilt paintings” portray the imaginative fancy of one young girl who propels herself from her Harlem rooftop and flies across New York City, the city where her and her family make their home.
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 by Alice and Martin Provensen
In 1909 Louis Bleriot was an ordinary man living an ordinary life with his family in the French countryside. But all of that changed one day when he saw a miraculous new invention in the skies above the city – a flying machine! Louis is captivated by the new invention and soon embarks upon a very dangerous journey in his own. A Caldecott Winner!
Clorinda Takes Flight by Robert Kinerk, illustrated by Stephen Kellogg
Have you ever seen a cow fly? Well, you’re going to. After several failed attempts to make a plane and a rocket Clorinda and her friends build a hot air balloon and travel across the world.