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Rain
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*Fingerplays/Songs
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day
Rain
Pitter Pat, pitter pat (drum fingers on floor), the rain goes on for hours.
And though it keeps me in the house, it's very (hold hands palms up and closed into fists in front of you) good for (open fists) flowers (lift hands imitating flowers growing up).
*Art
Eyedropper Painting
Color water with food coloring. Place the water in shallow
containers. Children use eyedroppers to drop the colored water onto
their white construction paper.
Rainbow Yarn Collage
Using rainbow shaped paper and rainbow colored yarn, the children can
make rainbow yarn collages.
*Learning Centers
Art Area
Thunder Painting
Provide grey, black, and white paint at the
easel. Tape record a rain or thunderstorm. Leave this tape with a
tape recorder (and earphones) at the easel. Let the children listen
to the rainstorm and paint to it.
Ask the children how the tape makes them feel.
Dramatic Play Area
Rainy Day Clothing
Add rain coats, hats, rain shoes, and a tape
containing rain sounds to the dramatic play area.
Weather Station
Create a weather station by adding to the
dramatic play area a map, pointer, adult clothing and pretend microphone.
Sensory Table
Add to the sensory table:
Water with scoops, cups, and spoons.
Sand and water (make puddles in the sand).
Rainbow-Colored sand, rice, and pasta.
Rainwater
*Math
Rainbow Match
Fabrics of all the colors of the rainbow can be
cut into pieces. The children can sort these and group them into
different colors, textures, and sizes.
Science
Making Rain
Boil some water in a pot (or a tea kettle) until steam forms above
it. Then fill a pie pan with ice cubes and hold it above the pot in
the steam "cloud." Have the children observe that when the
steam comes in contact with the cool air from the pie pan, drops of
water form and fall back into the pot like rain.
Caution: Supervise children closely.
Tasting Water
Collect tap water, soda water, mineral water, and distilled water.
Pour the different types of water into paper cups and let children
taste them. Discuss the differences.
Evaporation
Have children pour water into a jar. Mark a line at the water level.
Place the jar on a window ledge and check it every day. The
disappearance is called evaporation.
Catching Water
If it rains one day during your unit, place a bucket outside to catch
the rain. Return the bucket to your science table. Place a bucket of
tap water next to the rainwater and compare.
*Group Time
Read the poem "Rain" to the children. Ask the children,
"Why didn't I get wet?"
Rain
Rain on green grass
and rain on the tree.
Rain on the rooftop,
But not on me!
Rain
Need: Optional: pair of sticks (wood dowelling)
Read the book "Who is tapping at my window?" by Alhambra G.Deming.
Children can tap hands on knees or use sticks while repeating the line,
'Who is tapping at my window?' after you. Also works great as a
feltboard story, or with stuffed animals/puppets and act out the story
with the group. Children love the rhyme and repetition of this story and
solving the mystery at the end! Contributed By: Linda McDade
*Printables
Bert and Ernie In The Rain color page
Mouse with umbrella color page.
Umbrella dot-to-dot (numbers 1-29)
Match the Umbrellas
Alphabet cards.
R is for Rainbow color page
*Lesson Plans
Water Sourcebooks (K-12)
From the EPA.
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