EASY-to-make windsock craft for kids to make as they celebrate the arival of spring! This wind sock craft is simple and fun for kids of all ages!

This paper plate umbrella craft is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers learning about the weather, or the letter "U". Fun for a rainy day or any day!

Make a pair of binoculars for cloud watching using empty toilet paper rolls! These cloud-themed, cardboard tube binoculars are perfect for a rainy day and would make a great addition to any weather unit.

Preschool printable worksheets help children engage in early learning. Young children are filled with curiosity and a natural desire to learn. Use our preschool printable worksheets to teach young children about letters, numbers, shapes and more.

Practice sorting items into groups based on attributes by using Venn Diagrams. In this printable worksheet your child will sort items that are used or seen during the day, at night and both.

The next time your class is stuck inside on a rainy or snowy day, play the States of Matter Game or the Water Cycle Game to get your kids up and moving... and learning!

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Cute Cloud craft for Weather Unit!! This teacher has an entire unit planned, a lot of great ideas!

Stories from the trenches!

This FREEBIE includes a few different weather themed activities that are perfect to supplement any K-1 weather unit! Included is: --Weather Bar Graph --Types of Weather Worksheet (2 versions for differentiation) --Weather Poem --Scrambled Weather Poem (Students cut and glue the lines of the poem in...

Click here for the best books about weather for kids. Great for classroom use or to spark an interest in your own child.

Must-try weather activities for kids. Fun ways to learn about clouds, snow, temperature... lots of things. Great for a weather unit!

This won't be a long post...but I did want to share the rest of our centers and some cute activities we did this week. The centers below w...

Click here for the best books about weather for kids. Great for classroom use or to spark an interest in your own child.

Hi everyone, I'm here to show you what we did with our RAIN theme last week! What a blast it was!! It was perfect timing because it rained ALL week... One might say BOO HOO to that but this teacher was very excited ;) We started our week with a class survey. My students walked around the room asking each other if they like playing in the rain. Want to know how I keep the chaos to a minimal during surveys and read/write the room activities in my class? Simple! My students transform into MIMES…

With all of the literacy demands in kindergarten and first grade, it’s helpful to have some science experiments on hand to complete throughout the year. I used common standards in K/1 to mak…