Excitement was soaring for students at Children’s Corner-Pond Preschool when one of the children’s fathers visited to teach her class all about drones!

Joshua Kumar, a drone pilot with Air-to-Ground Media, brought his equipment to Pond on March 4 to talk to students in Lissette Moran’s class about drones, then showed them a demonstration in the parking lot. (See short video below.)

Mr. Kumar spoke a little bit to the children about aviation history, and how drones are the descendants of the earliest airplanes and helicopters. He also showed them an aerial 3-D rendering of their school that he had created.

Before he arrived, Ms. Moran read the book “Tell Me What Is a Drone” to get the class prepared. Mr. Kumar’s daughter, Caia, built a toy drone from Clip & Create Builders and drew a picture of a drone to show her dad and mom, Stephanie Zavala-Vega, who also visited. Caia proudly shared her creations with her classmates!

The children were all so excited to get to see and touch drones of various sizes. Then they got to see the biggest drone take off from the parking lot and soar over their school. They capped off the visit with a group hug of Mr. Kumar!