Today's Classroom Activities :

Fun with Kites

Kites of Spring
Poetry/Art Get some paper kites or make some kites together. Then, on a nice windy spring day, share the poem below and do some kite flying together. What do you need to know about wind direction? What keeps the kites afloat?

Soar Into Spring With Kites!
Spring has sprung! Soar out of the winter doldrums with a lesson plan both you and your students are sure to enjoy. Amid all the fun, the kids might not even realize how much they're learning!

Flying Away with Facts
Math/Art Use construction paper and tissue paper to make kites. Along the tail of the kite, have students put the digits that make up the fact families with the operation you're studying. Some kites may contain only sums, products, differences and quotients. Place the numbered kites on a bulletin board and have students complete the fact families.

Building a geometric kite
Students will work in cooperative groups to research, design and create their own kites. They wil also learn that creating or inventing new things often requires trial and error to perfect an idea.

Kite Tales
Writing Bring one broken kite into class. Young writers will recognize this problem. Ask them to write a story about this kite. What might have happened to it? How? When? Where?

Making a Paper Kite
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to name different colors and cut and tape a string to a small paper kite.

ThinkQuest: Kites
Learn about the history of kites and how they have been used throughout the years. There is also a section on how to make various kinds of kites. Click on "Basic Types" and then a kite name on the left for illustrations.