Some huge kites, and long kite stacks, have so much pull that they require anchors weighing a ton or more when they fly. According to an article in American Kite Magazine a very long experimental kite stack flown on the prairie in a 25 MPH wind once lifted the front end of a bulldozer off the ground and bent its axle. There are many lessons to be learned from kites. Even very young students can learn how to paint or draw on a kite to depict a topic such as environmental, safety, or cultural themes. Student artists can learn how a kite dance is choreographed to music.
Cooperation is learned by being a member of a team that flies kites in unison.
A club, a class, or an entire school can build a large multi-cell box kite, each group unit providing one cell. Kites inspired the airplane. They are a subject of ancient myth. As fine art, some lovely kites hang in museums, others adorn walls in homes and offices, and kites are being built today using only ancient kite materials such as silk and bamboo. A parent and child fly together and their bond to one another deepens.