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As the days get longer, we turn our thoughts to Spring: its
chores, its new beginnings, its seasonal delights. Kiting
fits into each of these aspects: cleaning and repairing last
season’s flyers and flying line, checking out the new
products or making a new kite, running outside on the first
spring-like day to fly. Kiting has always been one of our
most simple pleasures.
Yet some governments in this world prohibited kite flying.
After that activity was banned for 5 years while the country
was under control of the Taliban, people are flying kites
again in Afghanistan. For more information, check out Carnet
de Vol-2006 December newsletter (www.carnetdevol.org).
So every time you fly your kite, you are celebrating freedom
(even if the wind doesn’t cooperate).
Kites…on a Roll®
News
The American Kitefliers Association and Kite Trade
Association International have designated March 31 ‘til
April 30, 2007 as National Kite Month (5 full weekends to
promote kite flying). Any event related to kiting (local fun
flies, school demonstrations, kite making workshops, library
displays, etc.) can be registered for free event posting.
Visit
www.nationalkitemonth.org for free information on
conducting workshops, kite plans, teacher help, event
posting.
Drachen Foundation (Seattle WA) has created 4 wonderful
pieces about different aspects of kiting: Flying a kite, Why
a kite needs a tail, What is a Dihedral, Forces of flight.
We are happy to send you a copy of any or all of the
articles. Contact us at
judy@kitesonaroll.com
or call 800-257-4222 and tell us what you would like to
read.
Hints for an Easier Activity
I have found a wonderful site for using kite making in the
classroom: Teaching ESL (English as a Second
Language) Content through Kite Making for Grades K-12.
Visit
http://eric.ed.gov. In the SEARCH box enter in ED362016.
That references the article which uses kite making as a way
to teach elementary and secondary students. Some of the
topics covered are math operations, scientific principles,
language arts and a bibliography.
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