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For this theme consider adding extra construction paper, crayons, and markers in a variety of blue colors, along with the colors of the rainbow.  

Create Clouds

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Provide blue paper, cotton balls and glue for children to create clouds of their choice. 

Make Raindrop Art

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Sheena W. of Building Blocks Preschool set out this Raindrop Art invitation.
Set out watercolor paper for children to create a drawing of their choice using crayons. Once their masterpiece is complete, supply blue liquid watercolor along with an eye-dropper. Children use the dropper to drip the blue watercolor onto the paper. 
Children can observe the effects of the water resisting the wax from the crayons and the changes to the artwork as the droplets dry. 

More Ideas:

Painting the Clouds by A Life Sustained
Rainy day art from Little Page Turners
Weather Inspired Snack by Hart 2 Hart
​DIY Newspaper Kite from Living Well Spending Less
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​Create a New Station

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Children can take on the role of meteorologist in which they will talk about the weather and make weather predictions. Easily set up this invitation to play with the PKPF News Station Dramatic Play Pack. 
 Add Maps, Microphones, pointers, Meteorologist Dress Up clothes, a Video Camera, Photos of different types of weather etc.

​More Ideas:

Provide some Rainy day dress up clothes and practice "Indoor" Puddle Jumping from Melissa and Doug
  • Meteorologist Dress Up from Balanced literacy diet
  • Pre-K Weather Station by Little Illuminations
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Place cotton ball and batting clouds, along with felt clouds in your construction area.
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​Raindrop Counting Mats

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Ten frames are a precursor to learning place value and giving a visual for number sense for preschoolers. You can use these mats in a variety of ways. The educator that shared this photo printed them on vellum​ to use on the light table and added translucent counters! ​

​Raindrop Count and Clip Cards

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This is an engaging activity for preschoolers in which they refine their fine motor skills while practicing one-to-one correspondence and counting skills. ​

​Cloud and Raindrop Shape Matching

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Match the raindrops to the same shape cloud. ​
This activity is included in the PKPF Spring Weather Activity Pack

Kite Clip Cards

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Kites come in all shapes and sizes! 
This activity not only supports math skill development, but also hand-eye coordination and finger strength when paired with clothespins. 
​This activity is included in the PKPF Spring Weather Activity Pack

Umbrella Roll and Count

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This is a great math game to play independently or with friends. 
​This activity is included in the PKPF Spring Weather Activity Pack

​More Ideas:

  • Take a poll-Who likes the rain, who has seen a rainbow
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​What to Wear Weather Match-up​

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Explore weather vocabulary while matching appropriate clothing for each type of clothing with this game included in the PKPF Spring Weather Activity Pack

​Rainy Day Letters Flip and Find

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Practice letter case recognition with this hands-on letter rain drop activity included in the PKPF Spring Weather Activity Pack 

More Ideas:

​Rainbow Writing Salt Tray by Nurture Store
Add  Weather Set felt board pieces and make up a fun Spring Weather story -The Frugal Girls
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Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed
I Am the Rain by John Paterson
All the Colors of the Rainbow by Allan Fowler
Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Rain by Robert Kalan
And Then it's Spring by Julie Fogliano
View all of the Clouds, Wind and Rain Books in our Bookshop
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​Make a Storm in a Jar

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Sheena W. of Building Blocks Preschool shared this photo of a storm in a jar. 
Fill the jar about halfway with water, then top off with shaving cream. 
Provide liquid water colors in blue (or any other colors desired). 
Encourage children to use an eye dropper to drop the liquid watercolor on top of the shaving cream. 
Children can observe the watercolors dripping through the shaving cream and into the water at the bottom of the jar. 

Warm Air, Cold Air Experiment

More Ideas:

​Use straws to sail boats from Raising Wild Ones
​Create your own Weather Station from Sun Hats and Wellie Boots
​Making rain sensory activity from Tales of a Teacher Mom
Provider Water play items that simulate Rain (colanders) from Epic Childhood
Water Cycle in a Bag by Playdough to Plato
​Shaving Cream Rain Clouds from One Little Project
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sensory Play from I Can Teach My Child
​Wind Lesson from Little Giraffes
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Spring Weather Roll and Move

​More Ideas:

Make a Thunderstorm with Play Dough from Fun Learning for Kids
Go for a walk in the rain (look for rainbows)
​ Teach the kids some Parachute Games from Childhood 1
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