Teaching your Kite to Fly

 

Read Teaching your Kite to Fly and answer the following questions then return to Kids and Kites in the Classroom.

1. What are three things that you should avoid when attempting to fly a kite?
 
 

2. Where are three good places for flying a kite ?
 
 

3. What are two items that should never be attached to your kite and Why?
 
 
 

4. From what direction (in reference to you) should the wind be coming in order to fly your kite?
 
 
 
 

5. How do you launch your kite with a partner ?
 

 
 
 

6. How do you launch your kite by yourself?
 
 
 
 

7. What should you do if your kite drifts downward ?
 
 
 
 

8. What should you do if your kite goes into a dive?
 
 
 
 

9. How do you land your kite?
 
 
 

10. What materials should you have in your repair kit?