Summary
Mister Rogers builds a kite at the kitchen table, takes it outside — and there isn't enough wind to lift it. Rather than pretend it worked, he asks Picture Picture for a film of him flying a kite at the beach. A quiet lesson in what makes something fly and in what to do when your project doesn't work the first time.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Making a kite, and finding out that a kite needs the wind's help.
- What did Mister Rogers use to build his kite?
- Why wouldn't the kite go up at first?
- What is the wind actually doing to the kite when it flies?
- How did Mister Rogers act when his kite didn't work?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: kite, wind, push, string, tail.
Try it: Fan a paper square with a folder and describe the push you made.
Try it: Draw your own kite design and label where the wind pushes it.