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Paper airplanes

Paper airplane making brings together folding, throwing and watching what happens next. For a young child it is one of the first crafts where their own hands change a flat sheet into something that flies, and where a small adjustment leads to a visible result. A calm, clearly filmed episode about it gives them time to see how a fold is made and why a plane sails or dives.

For 3-year-olds

At three, most of the folding still belongs to an adult's hands. What a child of this age takes from it is the throw, the flight and the joy of trying again. Look for episodes that stay with one plane long enough to follow it, show hands slowly and up close, and let a wobbly first attempt happen without fuss. Simple words for what is happening, like fold, corner and throw, help more than explanations about why planes fly.

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