Materials
- newspapers, old telephone directories, and old magazines
- music to suit rain or snowstorm
- large plastic bags
- small brooms
- dustpans
What to do
1. Explain to children that they will be making their own rain or snowstorm.
2. Show them how to tear and crumple newspapers and magazine pages into strips, small pieces, and balls.
3. Give each child a supply of paper to work with.
4. As the torn paper accumulates, add music.
5. Encourage the children to swim and dance through the "storm." Join them in the fun!
6. When the children tire of the activity, suggest cleaning up in a fun way. For example, "Let's be snowplows and clean this all away!"
7. Provide large plastic bags, small brooms, and dustpans for clean up.
More to do
Language: Discuss the differences between real precipitation and the paper play.
-Elisheva Leah Nadler, Jerusalem, Israel
