Let's Travel!

A fun theme we just finished was "Let's Move!"  I decided that would be a wonderful opportunity to add a new drama area to the classroom.  To go along with our school's international day I came up with the "Airplane" center.

Here are some pictures:

I added a pilot's outfit, globe with joystick, beverage cart, tickets, maps, luggage, magazines, pillows, blankets, and windows.  The children's artwork helps decorate the wall above the pilot's seat and I had the song "'Round the World With Ways To Say Hello " by Hap Palmer playing in the background. It says hello in a whole bunch of different languages and the kids would pretend that is where they were flying.  The kids asked to hear this song even when they were not in the center it was such a catchy tune.  I even started using it as my welcome song for morning circle! Can A Jumbo Jet Sing The Alphabet?

I told the children there are 4 jobs to do for our airplane center.

1) Pilot

2) Passenger

3) Flight attendant- deliver beverages and snacks to the passengers

4) Gate attendant- take everyone's tickets and make announcements

 Here is a close up of the art work hanging above the big plane window.

We also made suitcases for our travels!

These are made out of manilla envelopes and then grocery handles are stapled on the side.  The kids had fun decorating them with sponge stamps!   

Another fun project we did is we made "Loopers".  These are instead of paper airplanes.  They are made out of paper and straws and fly much better.  After we made them, we flew them, and then measured where they landed.  This was a great way for the kids to use math skills during this unit.

We also did a sink/float activity that was a lot of fun too!

What fun activities have you done around travel?