Five Little
Kites
(Download the book at drjean.org/March, 2007)
One, two, three,
four, five little kites (Hold
up fingers as you count.)
Flying up in the
sky (Fly
fingers in the air.)
Said “hi” to the
clouds as they passed by, (Pretend
to wave to clouds.)
Said “hi” to the birds, said “hi” to the
sun, (Wave.)
Said “hi” to the
airplanes, oh what fun. (Wave.)
Then “swish” went
the wind, (Move hand down in a
And they all took
a dive:
swooping
motion.)
One, two, three,
four, five. (Hold
up fingers
one
at a time and count.)
Paper Plate
Kite - Cut the
inner section out of a paper plate.
Decorate the rim with markers.
Glue tissue paper streamers to one side. Punch a hole and tie a piece of string on the other
side. Go outside and run to make
your kite fly.
Kite
Experiments – Let
children make kites out of lunch sacks, plastic bags, and other materials. Have them predict which one will fly
best. Experiment to see which one
is best. Why did some work better
than others?
Kite Tales
– Ask each child to write
a story about what it would be like to be a kite. What could you see?
What could you hear? How
would you feel? What would you do?
Lion or Lamb? Explain the quote, “March comes in like a lion and goes out
like a lamb.” Every day ask
children what kind of day it is, and then let them color a “lion” or a “lamb”
on the calendar. Graph "lion" and "lamb" days and compare at the end of the month.
