Kite Flying - A Poetry Break

INTRODUCTION
Do you wish that you could just get away? Do you dream of going and visiting other places? Or do you prefer to stay put? Do you need a little nudging and encouragement to do something? I know that I'm all of the above at different points in time. This wonderful little short poem illustrates a great imagination (is it really possible for a kite to take you away? Boy, I wish it could!), but also shows that even though you did not plan on going somewhere or doing anything that you can learn to love it.




POEM

I flew a kite down by the sea,
until, that is, the kite flew me!
It tugged me high into the sky.
I held on tight and learned to fly!
I felt so free, so featherlight,
flying the world, just me and Kite.

CONNECTIONS

• Ask the children if a kite could really take them away somewhere? Is this poem an example of using your imagination? 
• Ask the children where would they go if a kite took them flying? What city? What state? What country? To see someone? And ask them why?
• Ask the children to name their traveling kite. Why did they chose that name? 
• Let the children create their own kite: 
• Paperbag kite from I Can Teach My Child!
• 20-Minute Kite from Disney's Spoonful

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Outside the Box: A Book of Poems written by Karma Wilson and illus. by Diane Goode. New York, NY: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division). 2014. ISBN: 9781416980056.