Weather Bugs

We started our weather unit learning about clouds. We read this favorite:

 This year Ms. Amy decided to make a class book and we thought that sounded like a great idea! So both classes began working on their pages. Ms. Amy had a pre-printed sheet that the kids could write what shape their cloud was, and a small blue square. She offered the peas q-tips and white paint to draw their shapes.

"It looked like a horse, but it wasn't a horse!"

They did really well with the q-tip drawings.

 

Next, we continued to read and learn about clouds. We read:

 And....

 Then we worked on making an assortment of the clouds we learned about with cotton balls.

We glued them on and added the terms that describe them.

Ms. Amy's class brainstormed and wrote weather words.

They illustrated each weather word. I love these.

 

Next, we made cloud dough from a recipe we found on Pinterest. It was so cool! It has the properties of moonsand and it smells wonderful! All you need is 8 cups of flour and one cup of baby oil. Mix and enjoy!

This was probably the most successful science concoction so far this year!

Pre-K 2 painted umbrellas at art.

 

Next, both classes talked about rainbows. We read this book:

 It's a board book, but the kids still love it and it walks up through the color spectrum in order.

Then Pre-K 2 colored rainbows at art...

And Pre-K 1 did some rainbow science with markers, coffee filters, and eye droppers with water.

Then at art, we made color rainbow from scrapbook squares.

They drew their own rainbow first,

Then covered it with the colored scraps.

Next, we tackled a really cool science experiment. Ms. Amy found this and we thought it was such a great activity! We learned how clouds hold water until they are so full that they release the moisture in the form of rain. To do this we added shaving cream on top of water in clear glasses. Next, we gave the peas blue water and droppers.  They added the blue water to the cloud until it was so full it began to "rain" into the clear water below.

They loved squeezing the droppers.

 

So we ended our weather week with some amazing science, fun crafts and two new class books. That's a successful week in Pre-K!