One of my favorite topics to teach when I was in the classroom was weather patterns! There are so many weather patterns activities that you can do with early elementary students that are engaging and fun for students!
If you’re looking for weather activities for kids or weather STEM activities, you’re in the right place!
The ideas I’m sharing today are perfect for early learners, ideally preschool through first grade. Weather is such an exciting topic, and I hope these ideas will make learning about it a breeze!
Create a Weather Collage
Provide your kiddos with a variety of weather-related pictures from magazines or printouts. Ask them to cut out the pictures and create a weather collage by sorting and pasting them onto a large piece of paper or poster board. They can categorize the pictures into different weather types, such as sunny, rainy, snowy, or windy.
Play some Weather Bingo
To do this activity, create a weather-themed Bingo game by making Bingo cards with different weather symbols or pictures. Use weather-related vocabulary like sun, cloud, rain, snow, and wind. Call out the words or show picture cards, and students can mark the corresponding symbol on their Bingo cards. Your students will love this game!
Take a Weather Walk
Take your students on a weather walk around the schoolyard or a nearby outdoor area. Ask them to observe and document the current weather conditions. They can draw pictures or take notes about what they see, feel, and hear. After the walk, gather as a group and discuss their observations, allowing them to share their experiences and develop their descriptive skills.
Try out Weather Dramatic Play
Set up a weather-themed dramatic play area in your classroom. Include props like hats, umbrellas, raincoats, sunglasses, and fans. Encourage students to dress up and pretend they are experiencing different weather conditions. They can take turns being the weather reporter, describing the weather and acting out corresponding movements. This is such a fun play-based activity!
Try a Weather Science Experiment
For example, fill a clear jar or container with hot water and place a small dish of ice on top. As the steam rises and hits the cold lid, it will condense and form “rain” that falls back into the jar. Explain to students how this demonstrates the water cycle and how rain is formed. So fun and simple!
If you are looking for the perfect resource for your weather patterns lessons in kindergarten and first grade, check out this resource!
This week unit is loaded with enough resources to stretch it out for two weeks, if needed! If you need to teach weather patterns, the water cycle, rainbows, and more, I’ve got you covered with engaging activities and printables to make your life easy!
What’s included?
•Pg. 1 Cover
•Pg. 2 Table of Contents
•Pg. 3 Lesson Plan
•Pg. 4 Standards
•Pg. 5-7 HOME CONNECTION Meteorologist Project
•Pg. 8 Weather (KWL Chart)
•Pg. 9 Act Out Animal Motions
•Pg. 10 Rain (tune of Bingo)
•Pg. 11 Circle and Count the weather pictures
•Pg. 12 Venn Diagram- Sunny and Rainy
•Pg. 13 Venn Diagram Answer Key
•Pg. 14 Crazy Weather Facts to Read to the Class
•Pg. 15 Crazy Weather Facts Writing Paper
•Pg. 16 Label the Weather Picture
•Pg. 17 Weather Mini Book
•Pg. 18 Cut and paste the weather picture
•Pg. 19 Draw and write about the weather cycle
•Pg. 20 Write a Weather Report about facts you learned from this study.
•Pg. 21 Rainbow Dot Art (Craft)
•Pg. 22 Easy Cloud Science Inquiry Lesson (Enrichment Activity)
•Pg. 23-27 Posters
•Pg. 28-36 Science Journal with Word Bank, 5 Day Weather Tracker and Rubric
•Pg. 37 Photo Example
•Pg. 38 Credits
What are your favorite weather activities for kids? Let me know in the comments! For more weather fun, check out my post here!