April is National Kite Month. With little ones antsy to get out and enjoy the warmer weather and get a head start on celebrating the end of a learning term, here are 12 fun ways you can go fly a kite — and learn something along the way.
1. Enjoy a kite unit study.
- Fun and Wonderful Kites {Free Unit Study}
Free notebook-based unit study that explores the history, types, and flight of kites. Great unit!
2. Read books about kites.
3. Learn the history of kite flying.
- Kite History
- Narrate what you learn.
4. Learn how others used kites in their experiments.
- Famous Historic Kite Flights
- Free Science Studies: Guglielmo Marconi
- Free Science Studies: Orville & Wilbur Wright
- Free History Studies: Benjamin Franklin {Part 2}
5. Learn more about the wind.
- Windy Day Experiments {Free}
Lots of ways to experiment.
6. Learn about the things that make a kite fly!
7. Experiment.
8. Study the anatomy of a kite.
- Kite Anatomy
- Draw your own diagram of the standard diamond kite and label it.
9. Learn how the bridle point makes a difference.
10. Learn how a tail helps stabilize the kite.
11. Build a kite!
- You’ll find complete instructions in Chapter 2 of Home-made Toys for Girls and Boys by A. Neely Hall.
- Diamond kite building instructions.
12. Fly!
- How to Fly a Kite
- Commemorate the event.
- Make a kite cake to celebrate.
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