> Letter B > B
is for Balloon
Holidays and Events >
June 4th, 1783 > 1st Hot
Air Balloon flight
July 14th > Bastille Day
> Balloon aircraft
Seasons > Summer
Visit the Hot
Air Balloon Lesson Plan to support this activity. This
lesson plan has information about this aircraft, an its
inventors, the Montgolfier brothers.
Review related topics in the themes column.
Activity: Hot Air Balloon Colors and Shapes
Skills: Pre-handwriting [tracing], shapes and colors
recognition, counting, scissor cutting skills, hand and eye
coordination [match and paste]
Suggestion > print to light blue paper for a sky background or
cut out once decorated and paste to blue craft paper -- add clouds
with cotton balls.
the balloon's outline in clockwise motion in the primary
colors indicated. Tracing is an effective pre-writing skill.
Identify each shapes and
shapes > optional > write numbers in front or behind the
Cut out the
paste the shapes on the dotted areas,
Crafty ideas >
- For a decoration, cut out
string or ribbon.
B is for Balloon Lesson Plan
Hot Air Balloon Color and