Rainy days are here! What can you do with a preschooler on rainy days?

Experience it and learn about it.

 

​Go for a walk in the rain. Feel the water running and dripping. Catch drops on your tongue. Look to the sky and see the clouds the rain is coming from. Search for a rainbow (is the sun out?)

Water play, with plain water. Use sieves, watering can, hoses and tubes, etc. Make “rain”.

Measure rainfall during the day in a clear plastic cup marked with permanent marker measurements. Write it down. Measure again tomorrow and compare.

Count the puddles in the yard. Puddle jumping and splashing.

Explore an umbrella.

 

Possible Discoveries

​Rain is water. It falls from clouds when the clouds become too heavy with water drops. When it rains, everything without protection gets wet. What are some forms of protection? (Homes and other buildings, umbrellas, coats and hats, cars, and other vehicles etc)

People, animals, and plants need rain. Do you know why? Water supports life – we all need to drink water every day to help us grow and stay healthy. Plants need water to grow. What might happen if plants did not take in enough water?

We also need water to wash ourselves. If we had no water to wash ourselves, what might happen?

Sometimes rain is very light, and sometimes very heavy. Vocabulary: sprinkle, spit, downpour, shower, mist, deluge, flood, drizzle etc

 

For Circle Time about Rain click here.