ACTIVITY PLAN

NAME: Ann Cappa Date: July 22, 2018

Activity Name: Airplane number game

RECOMMENDED AGE AND GROUP SIZE FOT THIS ACTIVITY: 2-3 years old, 10 children

GOALS OR OBJECTS for this activity in terms of skills and/or concepts for children. Goals will
be written in complete sentence.

1. Recognize the flying characteristics of paper airplane with wings.

2. Recognize the numbers 1 through 10.
3. Gross motor skills of tossing airplane.

MATERIALS AND/OR PREPARATION

Bright colored paper

Black Crayon or Permanent Marker
Large Plastic Container

WHAT PROCEDURES will you use? Give a step-by-step description of the activity including
introduction, content, and closure.

1. Fold 10 paper airplanes

2. Write one number on each plane.
3. Set a large bucket on the ground. Take 10 steps away and set the pile of planes down
4. Have the child pick up the airplane and call out the number of the plane before it
launches.
5. Be silly and make up a little good luck chant like: “Lucky Plane, number 8, land in the
bucket!”
6. If it makes it cheer for the number. If it doesn’t, re-launch the airplane.
7. Repeat until all planes have landed in the bucket. Move closer if needed.