The Mom I Want to Be

 

 

National Aviation Day is in honor of the birthday of aviator Orville Wright. This special day was created by a presidential proclamation by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. This day was selected, as it is Orville Wright’s birthday. (August 19, 1871)

 

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were pioneer aviators in the United States.  Orville was the first person to successfully fly an airplane. His first flight was December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This inaugural flight was soon to change the skies forever.

 

Draw a picture of what it might look like to be looking out an airplane window.

Make a collage using magazine pictures relating to airplanes.

Make your own paper airplanes!

Try one or more of these aviation related crafts.

 

Other Things To Do:

 

Ask if anyone has ever been on an airplane and have them explain it. If they haven’t been on one, have them tell what they think it might be like.

Name some things that can fly.

Go to an airport.

Make a dramatic play area to look like the inside of an airplane.

Take a walk and count any airplanes that fly overhead.

Learn more about aviation.