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Weather Theme and Activities

Weather Songs

Eensy Weensy Raindrops Tune: "Eensy, Weensy Spider"
Some eensy, weensy raindrops
Are falling from the sky.
They're filling up the puddles
And dropping in my eye.
Drip, drip and drop, drop,
I love to hear them fall,
For the eensy, weensy raindrops
Mean wet fun for us all.

What's the weather? Tune:Clementine
What's the weather? What's the weather?
What's the weather like today?
Tell me children what's the weather?
What's the weather like today?
Is it sunny, is it rainy, is it windy out today?
Tell me children what's the weather, what's the weather like today?

Weather Crafts

Wind Chimes
Teacher is to poke holes in a aluminum pie plate. Children can decorate the plate and hang varios items with yarn from the base. Suggest chime materials: Make wind chimes for children to hang outside. Wind chimes can be made of many different things. See what materials the children suggest. Forks, spoons, shells, sticks, pieces of metal, aluminum pie pans etc. Tape record the sound of the chimes and let the children listen to it at circle time or nap time.

Rain Painting
Children drop food coloring on a paper plate. Take outside when raining to observe the running colors and designs.

Snow Painting
Water down tempra paint and pour into spray bottles. Let children spray paint designs in the snow.

Windsock
Children decorate a large piece of poster paper. Roll the paper and tape it on the edges to create a cylinder shape. Punch a hole on one end to attach a yarn loop. Tape strips of crepe paper or streamers to the other end.

Weather Resources