Pre-K Quick Projects - Fly a Kite

Go Fly a Kite!

Learning Standards/Concepts/Practices: Observing, Counting, Shapes, Motor Skills

Materials Needed

The Kite Festival by Leyla Torres, template of sled kite, string, tape, and scissors.

Could use - https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/205712main_Sled_Kite.pdf

Part 1: Read-aloud

The Kite Festival by Leyla Torres

Part 2: Discussion

Ask the students if they have ever flown a kite? Have you ever made a kite? Today you will get to make your own kite and fly it.

Part 3: Activity

1. Provide each student with a sled kite template
2. Show students examples of paper maps that they will be using to create a sled kite
3. Have students construct a kite
4. Allow students to try flying their kite using a breeze outside during recess

Part 4: Summary

Today you learned about how to make a kite and fly it. (Depending on the success of the flying, you might talk about the need for wind to fly a kite.)