Today has been totally amazing, we have had so much fun 

with this session, so today we have made hot air balloons!

After talking to the kids about how hot air rises, we not only 

talked about heat but smoke and our conversation went 

to a familiar time when our local fire fighters explained to us

about how smoke and heat rises, so when we have a fire we

head to the floor and crawl out. 

We talked about gasses and fuel that makes things go like 

airplanes. Aviation week has been a good learning experience for

the children. 

For thousands of years people wanted to learn to fly. Some tried

making wings out of wood and cloth. ha ha I had a good story 

to tell the kids of when I was about their age and made cardboard wings.

Right...it didn't work! In the year 1783 was the first hot air balloon made by two brothers

Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier.

Here are some pictures of the making of our hot air balloons today.

So much fun!!!

Then time for lunch and a good rest!