Language and Story-telling

Topics include:

  • Describing the wind
    • Words such as: breeze, gust, gale, tornado, hurricane, blowing, breath, flatulence, storm, blustery, draught, puff of air, zephyr, typhoon, whirlwind, tempest
  • Making up stories about kites
    • Do kites like trees?
    • The kite that flew into the clouds
    • The kite that was so strong it pulled me up in the sky so I could see a long way away
    • The kite that talked to children
    • The kite that chased the dog
    • The kite that danced a lot
    • The red kite and the yellow kite
  • The word for “kite” in different languages
    • le cerf volant – French
    • drachen – German
    • layang layang – Malaysian and Indonesian
    • tako -Japanese
    • aquiloni – Italian
    • uchutma/ucurtma – turkish
    • vlieger – Dutch
    • cometas _ Spanish
    • manu tukutuku – Maori
    • eitleog – Gaelic
    • barcutiaid – Welsh?
  • Songs about kites
    • Lets Go Fly a Kite – Mary Poppins