Kite Unit

Changes in the Environment

  • Hang real kites from the ceiling
  • Pull pictures of windmills, sailboats, & hang in science center
  • Windy word list in writing center
  • Diamond stencils, streamers, straws, or paper bags to make kites in art center
  • Props for weather newscaster as dramatic play theme
  • Big maps, microphone, thermometer, box for t.v., suit to dress up, umbrella, weather pictures drawn by kids
  • Tornado tubes in science center
  • Clip board with maps, etc.. to report weather in writing center
  • Matching kite game in math center
  • Thermometer and rain gauge in science center

Language

  • Use descriptive words to describe a real kite.
  • Class Book/ Shape book: I will fly a ____ kite.
  • Retelling of The Wind Blew.
  • Chart: Why does the wind blow?
  • Take things outside and watch them blow in the wind. Make a class book with pictures taken during the activity and have each child describe how their object blew.
  • Class book: The Wind Blew My ______.

Math

  • Graph the weather
  • Decorate kites with patterns, shapes
  • Graph the wind
  • Measure how far objects move with the wind
  • Sort kites by color, design, etc…
  • Kite matching game
  • Give each child a kite. Play music for 30 seconds & have children find the kite that matches their kite. (For example: color to color, shape to shape, pattern to pattern)

Science

  • What will the wind move?
  • Have children predict which objects can be moved by wind. Take these objects outside and experiment with them.
  • Put a windsock on the playground. Have children observe or draw pictures about the wind. Take observational notes about what they say.
  • Use a straw to blow objects across the table. Have them graph: What did MY wind blow?
  • Drop watercolor paint on paper and have children blow the colors around with a straw. Mix colors, etc…
  • Take a piece of paper outside and have them run with it on their chest to see how long it will stay. Ask them, “What keeps it there?”
  • Give each child a popsicle stick with a streamer. Have them take theirs outside & experiment and make observations about the wind.
  • How does the wind help us?
  • Dries clothes, flies kites, sails boats, spreads seeds, etc…
  • Blow up a balloon and talk about what is inside. Have them let the air out and feel the wind or blow something with it.

Songs & Fingerplays

Five Little Kites

One little kite in the sky so blue,

Along came another, then there were two.

Two little kites flying high above me;

Along came another, then there were three.

Three little kites, just watch them soar,

Along came another, then there were four.

Four little kites, so high and alive,

Along came another, then there were five.

Five little kites dancing across the sky,

What a sight to see, way up so high!!

(Use props with this fingerplay)

Windy

There was a day when we were blown

And windy was the weather-o

W-I-N-D-Y

W-I-N-D-Y

W-I-N-D-Y

And windy was the weather-o!

If the Wind Blows and You Know It

Oh the wind blows on my _____ (body part)

On my ____ , Whoosh, whoosh!

Oh the wind blows on my ______(body part)

On my ____, Whoosh, whoosh!

Oh the wind blows all around,

With a whooshing, whooshing sound.

Oh the wind blows on my _____ (body part)

On my ____ , Whoosh, whoosh!

(change whoosh to moosh, boosh, koosh, etc… for phonological awareness)

Kite Websites

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

Kite Theme

Preschool Kites Theme

Preschool Education – Kite Songs