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| ROOM DECORATIONS |
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Using the large kite pattern, print out
one or two for your child. |
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Provide them with paint dobbers and have
them make circle prints all over the kites. |
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Cut out the kites and hang them on the
wall. |
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Add string or ribbon tails is you wish. |
PULL AROUND KITE |
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Using the large kite pattern, draw the shape onto a piece
of heavy construction paper. |
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Carefully cut out the kite without cutting the rest of the
paper. (Save the outside frame for the next activity) |
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Punch a hole in the top point of the kite. |
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Let your child decorate his kite however he wishes. |
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Then give him some tissue paper strips to glue onto the bottom
sides of his kite. |
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Finally, tie a string to the hole at the top and let your
child run around outside on a windy day to "fly" his
kite.
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KITE
FRAME
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Have your child decorate the leftover kite frame from the
activity above. |
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Then use the frame to frame a photo or a picture drawn or
painted by you child. |
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KITE PUPPET
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Using the medium kite pattern, cut a kite out for your child
using a heavy paper. |
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Have your child decorate the kite with a happy face. |
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Then help your child glue a craft stick to the
bottom back of the kite. |
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Use the kite to talk about the wind or to sing
kite songs. |
KITE MATCH-UPS
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Using the small kite pattern, cut
out 12 small kites from 6 different types of paper. |
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Example: 2 sandpaper, 2 corrugated
paper, 2 cardboard, 2 foil paper, 2 wrapping paper, 2
regular copy paper. |
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Mix up the kites and give them to
your child. |
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also just make them six different colors, for color matching;
or you could draw 6 different designs on the kites for
design matching. |
FELT BOARD COUNTING KITES
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Using the small kite pattern, cut out 5 felt
kites. |
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Have your child place them one at a time on a
felt board, while you recite the following rhyme. |
One little kite up in the blue.
Along came another, then there were two.
Two little kites, over the tree.
Along came another, then there were three.
Three little kites, watch them soar.
Along came another, then there were four.
Four little kites, they act so alive.
Along came another, then there were five.
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After your children has helped you a couple
of times with you saying the numbers at the end of each
couplet, start leaving off the last word and have your
child fill in the number. |
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KITE PATTERN ACTIVITIES