WEATHER THEME

UNIT
(Resources and Activities)

By: Jamie Masannat

Weather Words:

SUN

RAIN
SNOW
CLOUDY
WIND
STORM
THERMOMETER
Weather Theme Songs and Finger Play:
Look Out The Window - Song - Sung to Are You Sleeping?
What's the weather, what's the weather
On this (fill in day of week), on this (fill in day of week)
Let's look out the window
Let's look out the window
It is (fill in weather condition); it is (fill in weather condition)

What's The Weather? - Song - Sung to Oh, My Darling Clementine

What's the weather, what's the weather?
What's the weather everyone?
Is it windy, is it cloudy?
Is there rain or is there sun?

Look Outside - Song - Sung to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Look outside now, can you say
What the weather is today?
Is there sunshine, is there rain?
Is wind blowing down the lane?
Look outside now, can you say
What the weather is today?
Look outside now, can you say
What the weather is today?
Are there snowflakes falling down?
Are there big clouds floating around?
Look outside now, can you say
What the weather is today?

Songs taken from www.childfun.com

Dance Like Snowflakes - Song - Sung to Are You Sleeping
Dance like snowflakes, dance like snowflakes
In the air, in the air
Whirling, twirling snowflakes
Whirling, twirling snowflakes
Here and there, here and there

Rain Song - Sung to If You're Happy And You Know It

First a little drop of rain hits the ground (tap, tap)
Then another drop of rain hits the ground (tap, tap)
Then another and another and another and another
And pretty soon we heard a different sound (splash, splash)

I See The Wind - Finger play

I see the wind when the leaves dance by (dance hands around)
I see the wind when the clothes wave, "Hi!" (wave hand)
I see the wind when the trees bend low (bend arms over and down)
I see the wind when the flags all blow (wave arms high)
I see the wind when the kites fly high (raise arms high)
I see the wind when the clouds float by (wave hand gently)
I see the wind when it blows my hair (lift hair with hands)
I see the wind 'most everywhere (hold hands out, palms up)

Songs taken from www.childfun.com

Weather Books:

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Judi Barrett

Come On, Rain! Karen Hesse
The Wind Blew. Pat Hutchins
I know It’s Autumn. Eileen Spinelli
When Autumn Falls. Kelly Nidey
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. Lois Ehlert
Sunshine Makes the Seasons. Franklyn Mansfield Branley
Clouds. Anne Rockwell
Oh, Can You Say What’s the Weather Today? Tish Rabe

Songs taken from www.childfun.com

Weather Activities
Weather Wheel
Materials:

•Weather wheel template

• Construction paper circles (should be larger
than the weather wheel)
•Construction paper for making
pointers/arrows (template provided)
• Glue
• Scissors
•Brads

Directions:

•Give each child a weather wheel and have them color the different weather pictures.
•Allow the children to cut along the circumference of the weather wheel.
• Glue the weather wheel onto a circle of construction paper
•Teacher: attach the weather arrow to the middle of the weather wheel using a brad.
•Take it one step further and have the children read the weather words and glue them
next to the respective pictures.
SUNNY
CLOUDY
RAINY
SNOWY

Template for weather

wheel pointer / arrow
Wind Socks
Materials:

•A3 Construction paper

•Tissue paper or Crepe paper rolls, cut into
approx. 24” strips
•Glitter, sequins, assorted small pieces of
colored paper, colored rice, etc…
•Glue

Directions:

•Allow the children to use the glitter, sequins, colored paper pieces, or other
materials to decorate the A3 paper.
•When dry, glue the strips along the bottom of the long edge of the back side of
A3 paper (about 5 strips per wind sock)
•Roll the paper into a cylinder (with the long side of the paper facing you) and
staple the top and bottom seams.
•Hang near the classroom window if possible to allow the children to see how wind
makes the strips of tissue paper move.
Paper Plate Sun
Materials:

•Paper plates
•Triangles made from yellow and orange
construction paper
•Glue
•Yellow paint

Directions:

•First have the children glue the triangles around the edge of the paper plate. You
can encourage them to make a pattern if they like.
• Next, have the children paint the inside of the “sun” with yellow paint.
Rain Storms
Materials:

•Clear plastic cups, one for each child

•Shaving cream (foam not gel)
•Droppers
•Water
•Water mixed with blue food coloring

Directions:

•Use a sharpie or piece of masking tape to label each cup with each child’s name
•Fill each cup about half way with regular tap water
•Place foam shaving cream over the water to form a “cloud”
•Using the droppers, drip blue water onto the foam cloud. Watch and observe
from the bottom of the cup how the “cloud” becomes filled with “rain”.
•Drip some more blue water onto the “cloud”. It will eventually begin to rain in
the cup.
•Take it one step further and ask children to draw their observations in a journal or
on a sheet of paper.
Leaf Counting
Materials:

• 12 Autumn leaves made from construction

paper, or real leaves, laminated if possible
•A tree made of construction paper,
laminated if possible
•A six-sided die with numbers 1-6

Directions:

•Children take turns rolling the die

•They must then read the number out loud and place the corresponding number
of leaves on the tree.
•Repeat as many times as you like.
•Take it one step further and place children in groups of 2 and ask them to play by
taking turns independently.
Leaf Patterning: AB
Materials:

• 12 same-size Autumn leaves made of

construction paper. Leaves must be made of
2 different colors

Directions:

•Children take turns completing and AB pattern using the leaves

•They must then read the number out loud and place the corresponding number
of leaves on the tree.
•Repeat as many times as you like.
•Take it one step further and place children in groups of 2 and ask them to play by
taking turns independently.

•NOTE: Can easily be adapted to create ABB or ABA pattern

Weather Bingo: 1-5 players
Materials:

• Bingo cards, color printable (laminated if

possible)
• Weather symbol picture cards, color
printable
• Counters
Directions:

• One child (or the teacher) call out the weather card and calls out the symbol to
the players.
• Each child who has that weather symbol on their bingo card must cover it with a
counter.
•The first one to cover all their weather pictures wins the game.
RAINBOW UMBRELLA

SUN CLOUDS

RAIN STORM
 WIND SNOW

THERMOMETER HAT

FALL
Crayon Resist Rainbow
Materials:

• Rainbow coloring page, template provided

• Crayons
• Thinned down water color or liquid
tempera paint

Directions:

• Have children color the rainbow and clouds.

• Paint over the entire page with water colors
•Watch how the paint “magically” does not cover the rainbow or the clouds

•NOTE: This is not just an art project. It’s great for reinforcing color knowledge
and counting)