It's a Small World with Mother Goose Time
Week 2
Week 2 of this I'ts a Small World unit includes learning about different things that you might find at a world market or international market.
Day 7 was about Kites. We talked about the origin of kites, what they have been used for over the years and how they were introduced to other countries.
Mr A thought it was interesting, or not fair, that nobody below a Samurai were allowed to fly a kite for a long time. Kites were introduced to other countries through the trade market from China. Over the years they were used for things such as aeronautical experiments, science & technology, photography, and military flights.
In the daily packet, a Make & Play was included to make a kite out of a paper plate and streamer paper. The boys finished theirs fairly quickly and headed outside. Mr A wanted to see how his would fly and conducted his own experiments. He used different methods to launch his kite with running power.
His methods included (with video clips below, not necessarily in the correct order)...
just running and holding the kite up himself until it took off,
jumping off of a heap of bushes,
placing the kite on top of the mailbox then running,
running with the kite starting off of the ground,
propping the kite in bushes of different height and then running
Mr A had a great time figuring out which method was best for making his kite fly. We both agreed that when the kite started from a higher place it flew just a bit better while he was running. But, it wasn't complicated and he released some energy running around the street. He learned to used what was around to answer his own question.
"I Love this Kite!" he said.
