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Come fly with me ...

24/7/2014

 
Paper planes appeal to kids (and adults) of all ages.  It may be something you did as a child with a grownup helping you to perfect a great flyer.

You may not have stopped to think that paper planes encourage visual motor planning, bilateral coordination (using both hands together), and fine motor accuracy in executing the folds. They are lots of fun too!


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In the Miller Function and Participation Scales there is an "origami" subtest that measures this against age appropriate norms.  Miller describes the skills needed for this activity to be similar to participation in home activities (eg. folding towels, napkins, clothes or the newspaper) or school activities (eg. turning pages in books or folding paper for art projects).
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Mr 4 received a terrific book for his birthday recently with over 50 examples for folding paper planes. Whilst he needs lots of help to complete the simple ones, Miss 7 has taken over the book and has loved following the instructions to build a variety of planes.  Miss 7 and Mr 4 have spent hours flying the planes {outside, inside, down the stairwell}, decorating them and turning them into characters for stories (mostly Miss 7 with that one). Miss 7 has also attached messages to some of her planes (see the photo). Best of all it is something despite their different interests and abilities that they can do together. 

Here are instructions for one of Miss 7's favourite planes ... the "acrobatic".  Make sure you press down after each step.
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Do your kids enjoy making paper planes?  What is their favourite? Send me a photo of your creations, I would love to see them!
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Jen
25/7/2014 03:26:49 am

Thanks Cindy! Your instructions were easy to follow and I made this plane this morning. I'm looking forward to seeing if Mr 18mths is interested (as he is interested in planes in general).

Cindy @ Your Kids OT link
25/7/2014 04:17:34 am

That's great Jen! Did you give it a test run?

Lauren @ Createbakemake@hotmail.com link
30/7/2014 12:33:14 pm

Great instructions, I'm going to make these with my boys tomorrow :)

Cindy @ Your Kids OT link
30/7/2014 02:13:45 pm

Happy flying Lauren! Thanks.

Amanda @ Cooker and a Looker link
4/8/2014 06:19:19 am

Cindy, this is awesome! The Big Sister is paper plane obsessed, she'll love a new model. Thanks for linking with I'm Pinning Around. xx

Cindy @ Your Kids OT link
4/8/2014 06:37:22 am

Must be something about the age where our girls are paper plane mad. Thanks.

Bethany
3/2/2015 11:27:05 pm

Play dough, kinetic sand ...& now cloud sand ......what can you do with the last two that you cacn't do with play dough?????

Cindy @ Your Kids OT link
4/2/2015 12:11:50 am

I agree Bethany, playdough is still the best. Kinetic sand and cloud dough offer a different sensory experience. Kinetic sand moves with fluid motion and cloud dough is soft and clumps differently to playdough.


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