Storybooks · Pre-K and K
The Kite on the Hill
You climb the windy hill with the grown-up.
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- For Pre-K and K
- One ending
Ways to do it
- On their own, with their Pet
- With a grown-up beside them
- With someone far away, on a call
For grown-ups
A kite blows away on a windy hill, and your child chooses who to ask for help and how to get it back.
What your child practises
- Asking for help, and saying thank you
- Animals and how they move: an owl, a duck, a frog
- Choosing what to do, and saying why
Listen for
Your child saying who they would ask for help, and why.
Your part
- Pause at questions your child enjoys. A point, a sound or a few words all count.
- Ask why occasionally, if your child wants to tell you. Keep the story moving otherwise.
Take it off the screen
On a windy day, hold up a ribbon together and watch which way the wind blows it.
After the book
How it begins
You climb the windy hill with the grown-up. Your yellow kite tugs at its string. Whoosh! The spool slips away. The kite sails over the grass.
Your hands are empty. A yellow ribbon of tail flicks above the trees. "We can look together," says the grown-up. You take the waiting hand.
Over the trees goes your kite. Then it is out of sight. You stop beside the grown-up. "We need someone who can see farther." Who will you ask?
Your child chooses what happens next
The owl
The duck
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