Materials
- Drawing paper
- Crayons, markers
- Classroom calendar
- Weather symbols for calendar (clouds, raindrops, snowflakes, umbrella, etc.)
- Weather Forecasting by Gail Gibbons
- What Will the Weather Be Like? by Lynda DeWitt
What to do
1. Discuss weather words, such as thunderstorm, rain showers, wind, sun, snow rainbow, tornado, hurricane, etc. Invite the children to pick one of the words and draw a picture of it.
2. Then, during circle time, read the books.
3. Tell the children that each day you will choose one child to be the weather forecaster for the class.
4. Have the first forecaster look out a classroom window for a few minutes. When the child rejoins the group, ask what the weather looks like today. Is it rainy, sunny, cloudy, etc.?
5. Have the child put the appropriate weather symbol on the calendar for that day.
More to do
Math: Set out a coffee can to catch the rain. Bring it in at the end of the day and let the children measure the amount of water collected. Write down the result. Continue this experiment for several more rainy days. Make a graph showing the amount of rain for each day.
-Sherri Lawrence, Louisville, KY
