Weather Activities Preschool

Weather Activity for Preschool:

The simple finger paint activity will provide the preschool children with a creative activity, stimulating their fine motor skills and their sense of touch at the same time, when painting with their fingers.

1. Thick Colored Paint.
2. Cardboard Paper.

Procedure:

• Encourage the children to discuss their observations on the weather for the day. They should point out that the sun is shinning, and there for it is hot.
• Encourage them further to discuss what would be nice to eat and drink on such hot days, for instance cold drinks, and ice-cream.



• The children will be encouraged to dip their fingers into the thick paint, and paint their sun on the cardboard, using their fingers, stimulating the touch sensation.
• Paint the circle, then add some sun rays, spreading outwards.
• Encourage the children to color the circle, using their fingers, for ultimate stimulation of the touch sense.
• Enjoy!

• Encourage the children to listen to the rain drops falling, and discuss the sounds they hear on a rainy day, for example the thunder, rain drops, and the wind, stimulating their sense of hearing.
  
  
• Observe the clouds, and the different formations they have.
• Ask the children when do we see rainbows? When the sun shines through drops of water. Encourage the childrenobserve the rainbow and discuss the colors of the rainbow.

• Take the children outside into the snowy, icy weather, make sure they are dressed warmly.
• Ask the preschoolers what happens to their bodies when it is cold outside?
• They should describe how their noses feel, and what color are their cheecks?
  
  
• Encourage them to blow out their breaths, and see what happens.
• Encourage the children to observe their footprints in the snow.
• The children can collect snow flakes and look at them through a magnifying glass.
They should attempt to draw their observations on a piece of paper.






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