Preschool Clouds Wind and Rain Theme Activities
Below you can find tons of fun and engaging Cloud Wind and Rain Activities! Pick and choose the activities for your lesson or download a free copy of our Cloud, Wind, and Rain Preschool Lesson Plan to save you time!
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Plan your Clouds Wind and Rain Theme
Use the suggested learning objectives and vocabulary ideas found our our theme map, along with our carefully selected educational activities below to help you plan your lessons! Purchase our coordinating easy to assemble printable activities and games to save even more time planning your lessons!
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Suggested items to add to your Art Space
For this theme consider adding extra construction paper, crayons, and markers in a variety of blue colors, along with the colors of the rainbow to your art space.
Invitation to build a kite
"Provide your students materials to build a kite. Pre-cut diamond shapes out of plastic tablecloths. Provide decorating materials, and yarn or streamer for tails. See our tutorial on our blog
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Create CloudsProvide blue paper, cotton balls and glue for children to create clouds of their choice.
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Make Raindrop ArtSet out an invitation to explore crayon resist art to make a rainy day picture! See my Crayon Resist Process Art Tutorial for all the details.
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*Create a Raindrop Sun catcher
This simple Raindrop Sun-catcher craft compliments this theme well. This craft encourages children to explore color through light. For details on how to complete this craft visit my Heart Suncatcher Craft Tutorial blog post.
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Cloud Craft
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More Ideas:
Painting the Clouds by A Life Sustained
Rainy day art from Little Page Turners
DIY Newspaper Kite from Living Well Spending Less
*Create a News Station
A Meteorologist is an important person who works at the new station. Set up your own News Station our purchase ours here.
Children can take on the role of meteorologist in which they will talk about the weather and make weather predictions.
Add Maps, Microphones, pointers, Meteorologist Dress Up clothes, a Video Camera, Photos of different types of weather etc. |
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Our set includes forecast information, and other weather related printables to make it easier for your meteorologist to do their important job!
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Rainy Weather Dress Up
Add rainy weather dress up clothes: boots/coats, umbrellas, “puddles”(blue paper) kites, pinwheels.
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
Rainy Day Small World Play
Place cotton ball and batting clouds, along with felt clouds in your construction area.
Add blue fleece or silk scarves for children to create rain storms.
Add blue fleece or silk scarves for children to create rain storms.
Puddle Small World Play
Bring small world play outdoors. Provide a variety of toy animals like rubber ducks to play in puddles with.
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Build a Storm Shelter
Challenge your preschooler to build a storm shelter. They can use blocks of any type for this activity. Encourage your preschooler to plan ahead; what type of storm will this shelter be for? What challenges might the storm bring? After building take some time to reflect...imagine a storm strikes, would the shelter hold up? What kind of storm conditions will the shelter protect against?
What to Wear Weather Match-upExplore weather vocabulary while matching appropriate clothing for each type of clothing with this game included in the PKPF Clouds, Wind, and Rain Activity Pack
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*Raindrop Letter MatchPractice letter case recognition with this hands-on letter rain drop activity included in the PKPF Clouds, Wind, & Rain Activity Pack
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Cloud Writing Tray
Write the letters in clouds (shaving cream).
Clouds Wind and Rain First Sound Clip Cards
Practice matching first sounds, with this set of clouds wind and rain clip cards from our Clouds Wind and Rain Activity pack.
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And Then it's Spring by Julie Fogliano
Rain by Robert Kalan
Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
I Am the Rain by John Paterson
W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet by Pat Michaels
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
Rain by Robert Kalan
Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
I Am the Rain by John Paterson
W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet by Pat Michaels
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
More Ideas:
Raindrop Counting MatsTen 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!
Find these mats in my PKPF Clouds, Wind, & Rain Activity Pack |
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Raindrop Count and Clip CardsThis is an engaging activity for preschoolers in which they refine their fine motor skills while practicing one-to-one correspondence and counting skills. This activity can be found in our Clouds, Wind, & Rain Activity Pack
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*Umbrella count and roll
Roll the die and look at the number or count the number of raindrops you rolled. Then place the matching amount of raindrops on the umbrella mat.
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Set up a rain gauge to measure rain fall.
Check the rain gauge through out the week to measure rain fall. If you do not have any rain this week or just want some extra practice, bring the rain gauge indoors and make your own rain.
Color Rain Drop Sorting
Practice sort the rain drops by color, using this activity featured in our clouds wind and rain activity pack. As an alternative, you can also sort pom pom "rain drops" or even squeeze colored water using an eye dropper, into different colored cups.
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Counting Clouds Outside
Go outside and count the clouds in the sky
Soap Cloud Experiment
Your preschooler will love this soap cloud experiment that can be done using simple low cost items found around your home.
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Try this!
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Study the Water CycleMy Water Cycle Science Activities Pack includes step-by-step instructions for conducting scientific explorations with preschoolers. Engage in these explorations with or without the included reproducibles for recording the experience.
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Weather in a Jar
Cloud in a Jar
Have you ever wanted to "catch" a cloud? With this fun experiment your students will be able to observe how clouds (and fog) are formed.
Supplies Needed: Clear glass jar with lid ⅓ cup hot water Ice Hairspray, aerosol works best Pour the hot water into the jar, swirling it around to warm the sides of the jar Place the lid upside down on top of the jar Fill the lid with ice and let rest for 20-30 seconds Once you see condensation forming, remove the lid and spray the hairspray inside the jar Replace the lid upside down with the ice still in it Watch the cloud form inside the jar Once the cloud has built up, remove the lid and watch the cloud rise from the jar Make note of your observations throughout the experiment. |
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Rain Cloud in a Jar
Sheena W. of Building Blocks Preschool shared this photo of a raining cloud 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.
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Tornado in Bottle
Your students will love observing a tornado in a bottle! You can make one, by purchasing this connector, or by making your own.
If you want to make your own, you'll need a large clear tall bottle (VOSS bottles work great, or something similar to these). Next, add a squirt of dish soap, and food coloring/glitter if you are desire. Now you are ready! Close the lid, and rapidly move the bottle in a circular motion, until the tornado forms. The tornado you are observing in your bottle is caused by the water in the bottle spinning towards the center of the bottle, or vortex. This activity demonstrates "centripetal force" – which is a force moving in a circular path that acts on a liquid/object and pulls it inward, towards the center of it's path. |
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Wind Exploration
Set up a wind exploration station outside. Add windsocks, wind chimes and windmills for children to observe. As an alternative, if you don't have any wind, you can use straws or a small handheld fan.
Warm Air, Cold Air Experiment
Try this warm air cold air experiment from MSC Science on Youtube.
More Ideas:
Use straws to sail boats from Raising Wild Ones
Making rain sensory activity from Tales of a Teacher Mom
Provider Water play items that simulate Rain (colanders) from Epic Childhood
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sensory Play from I Can Teach My Child
Wind Lesson from Little Giraffes
Gross Motor Preschool Activities
Puddle JumpingPuddle jumping is an excellent way to work large muscles!
If messy isn't feasible for you or there simply aren't any puddles around try creating your own! Outdoors you could draw "puddles" on the sidewalk using chalk. Indoors you could use blue fabric or pillows. |
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Wind Dance
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Dance in the wind using scarves or ribbons! Check out our Dance Ribbon Tutorial to make your own! How does the wind affect the ribbons?
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Try This!
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Fine Motor Preschool Activities
*Kite Clip CardsKites 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 Clouds, Wind, & Rain Activity Pack |
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Spring Fine Motor Sweeping MatsThese sweeping mats are a super fun way for preschoolers to work on fine motor development and focus.
Laminate the mat, add a bit of colored sand and a paintbrush and let the fun begin! You can find these Spring Sweeping Mats in my shop! |
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Cloud Pick Up Activity
Pick up clouds (cotton balls) using clothes pins or tweezers. Place them on a blue felt or paper "sky".
Parachute-Group Activities
This is a great week to pull out the parachute and teach your students some parachute games.
You can find a some fun some fun Parachute Games listed on Childhood101.com
You can find a some fun some fun Parachute Games listed on Childhood101.com
Weather Dress Up
Knowing what to wear for different types of weather is an important life skill. Give your student a chance to explore (and try on) different types of outerwear. You can gather: rain jackets, rain coats, boots, mittens, sunglasses, hats, and more! It's also a great week to go outside and practice opening and closing an umbrella.
Play a rainy day group game-Group Activity
Heads up seven up is the perfect rainy day game.
Practice Taking Turns-Group Activity
This umbrella math game can be played independently or with friends. This game is included in our Clouds, Wind, & Rain Activity Pack
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Make a list of other fun activities you can you do on rainy and windy days
What rainy day game do you normally play at home or at school. Do you make shadow puppets with a flashlight and your hand/fingers?
What do you see in the clouds?
Great time to get outdoors and look up at the sky. What do you see in the clouds? Lay on the ground outside and see if you can spot animals in the clouds. Point them out to your friends.
Take a walk in the rain together!
Get dressed for the weather. Practice putting on your rain boots, rain coat, and grab your umbrella.
It's time to take a walk in the rain! As you are walking discuss different things you see! Do you see raindrops falling in puddles or clinging to leaves? Do you see birds bathing?
It's time to take a walk in the rain! As you are walking discuss different things you see! Do you see raindrops falling in puddles or clinging to leaves? Do you see birds bathing?
Discuss Tornado/Weather Safety
Take some time this week to practice tornado drills, and discuss weather safety.
Rain Sign-in ActivityWelcome your students to class with this engaging name recognition activity. Our attendance set includes a variety of themes for the whole year.
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