Colourful wings set Great for indoor/outdoor play spaces, these soft fabric wings promote social and imaginative play. When playing with dress-ups, children can play with new roles and talk with adults about what they are doing.

Ways to use this resource to promote early literacy through play in your libraryIntroduce new words to describe what children are doing: “your wings are fluttering”; “those wings have very bright, vivid colours on them.”Use the wings as a prop to introduce a story or to help explain the meaning of new and unusual words.Play calming music at 80bpm which mimics the heartbeat as the children flutter and dance around. Children learn about their own bodies by noticing and comparing similarities and differences between themselves and other animals. Use books about birds and insects from your Junior Non-fiction collection to build children’s vocabulary. Talk about the number of legs, number of wings and wing coverings, and other things they notice.

Talk to parents about low cost/no cost alternatives at home

Make wings from a flowy scarf or some leftover material scraps. Old sheets or pillowcases can have wings drawn or painted on them and be attached with elastic.

Other early literacy resources you can use with the Colourful wings set

Multicultural and Aboriginal peopleWooden magnifier glass set of sixAboriginal art dress up capesInsects puzzlesBee small wheely bugMelissa and Doug caterpillar gear toy

What other ways can you use the Colourful wings

set in your library?

What other ways can you use the Colourful wings

set in your library?

Talk Play Sing Read

RhymesLittle ButterflyCaterpillar CaterpillarCan You Move With Me?Ladybird Ladybird

BooksThe Very Hungry CaterpillarJulian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

RhymesLittle ButterflyCaterpillar CaterpillarCan You Move With Me?Ladybird Ladybird

BooksThe Very Hungry CaterpillarJulian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love