Have you seen or read Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett?  Wouldn’t that kind of weather be fun?!  Let’s learn about the weather using that story for inspiration!

Find a window near your eating space, and christen it “the weather window”.  Now, dub your children junior meteorologists!  (Explain that meteorologists study the weather.)

Get a large thermometer to put just outside that window. Every day, look at the temperature and talk about what that feels like.  Look in the sky.  Is it sunny, cloudy, partly cloudy, rainy, or snowy?

Put up a windsock.  Watch for wind.  What direction is it blowing?

Read the newspaper for the weather forecast.  Teach your child where the weather section is located.  Show them how to read the 5 day forecast, the high and low, and the weather map.   Check out the Weather Channel online games and activities.

Why learn about the weather?   It teaches you how to dress appropriately! So, what are the best clothes for the weather outside today?  Draw a picture of yourself dressed for warm weather, then cold weather.  If you have dolls with clothing, dress your dolls for the weather, too!  Play this fun online game dressing up a bear.

Create a weather journal.  Record the temperature and forecast for the day.  Describe everything you can about that weather.  Temperature?  Conditions?  Smells?  Feelings? At the end of the day, note if the forecast was accurate and if not, what was different.

Read:

Maisy’s Wonderful Weather Book by Lucy Cousins

Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

Watch:

Television weather for the forecast from professional meteorologists.

Older kids might enjoy National Geographic’s weather page.

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Tag(s): Homeschooling Ideas, Science, weather