Weather

Books: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Song: Rain is Falling (add wind blowing, snow falling, sun shining)
Craft: weather pictures
Outside: What kind of weather is it?  What should we wear?

Prepare ahead:

• box with clothes for different weather:
• rain: boots, umbrella, rain coat
• sun: sunglasses, hat
• snow: gloves, scarf
• wind: jacket
• thermometer
• weather picture supplies
• 4 small pieces of cardstock
• wind: thin paint and a straw
• sun: pipe cleaner(s), glue
• snow: cotton balls or fuzz balls, glue
• rain: glitter, glue
• weather wheel

Lesson:

Begin with song, then read book(s).  

Today we're going to talk about WEATHER (have them repeat 'weather')

• weather is what we see and feel outside
• show THERMOMETER & explain how it works

Go on a weather hunt inside your house:

• sun=oven (hot), use thermometer
• wind=fan, use thermometer
• snow=freezer, use thermometer
• rain=shower, use thermometer

What should we wear in different weather?

• pull out box of clothes you've prepared, have them decide which ones they'd wear in which kind of weather.

Craft--weather pictures:

• sun--let them shape the pipe cleaner into a sun, then help them glue it on (we used rubber cement)
• wind--dab some drops of thin paint onto the paper, let them blow it around
• rain--let them put some glue on the paper, then sprinkle 'rain' (glitter)
• snow--let them glue on cotton/fuzz balls 

What is it like outside today?

• Use weather wheel--let them decide what the weather is like
• Let them decide what to wear based off what they picked out of the box