Weather

Music:

If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops
Oh, what a rain that would be
Standing outside with my mouth open wide
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah
If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops
Oh, what a rain that would be

If all the snowflakes were candybars and milkshakes
Oh what a snow that would be
Standing outside with my  mouth open wide
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah
If all the snowflakes were candybars and milkshakes
Oh, what a snow that would be

Its raining, its pouring
The old man is snoring
He bumped his head and he went to bed
And he couldn't get up in the morning

Rain, rain go away
Come again another day
Little (child's name) wants to play
Rain, rain go away

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
Please shine down on me
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
Hiding behind a tree
These little children are asking you
To please come out so we can play with you
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
Please shine down on me.

Science area: Pinwheels, fan, various items that the wind may or may not move; Tornado made from two liter bottles
Sensory Table:
*Rice with cups for pouring (sound like rainshower)
*Itsy Bitsy Spider water play (pvc pipe, plastic spider, cups, tin pie pan with holes punched)
Art:
Cotten Ball Clouds: give each child a blue cloud cutout, some cotten balls, and clue and let them make their own fluffy cloud
Rainbow Wind Socks: give children a white peice of card stock and various art supplies such as markers and springtime stickers and let them decorate. Then have them glue on mulicolored crepe paper streamers to the bottom of the paper turned hotdog style. When dry, roll and make ends meet, staple, and add a string for hanging
Umbrellas: Let the children color these with markers, and then take a spray bottle of water (rain) and watch how the colors run together.
Stormy Painting: give black and white paint and let them fingerpaint to go along with a cd of weather sound
Paper Plate Sun: cutting practice, have children paint paper plate yellow, swirled with orange, then encourage them to cut out and glue on construction paper triangles to complete their sun.
Mud Puddle: mix glue with brown paint and let the children paint a mud puddle cutout...then springle with grass, dirt and sticks that you find outside.
Group Activities:
Cottenball cloud and water table activity. Give each child a cotten ball to touch and examine. The cotten ball is dry and light weight. Discuss how water evaporates and when the clouds get full of water they become to heavy and it rains. Now have the children hold their cottenball barely touching the water so that it absorbs. What happens went the cotten ball gets full and you hold it above the water? It rains (drips) from your cloud (cotten ball)!
Math:
Counting Clouds Numbered Clouds 1- 10 w/raindrop cutouts. Children add the correct number of raindrops to each cloud
Thunderclap game (from Prekinders) Children get a blue felt sheet (puddle) and flat, blue floral rocks (raindrops). Clap while the children listen. The number of claps indicates the number of raindrops the children should put in their puddle.
Literacy: