It was a pretty rainy week here in South Florida. While I'm not a huge fan of rainy day dismissals at school, I did love how I could use the rain as a teaching tool! We did a fun rain cloud in a jar science experiment.
- Jar filled with water, about 3/4 full
- Shaving cream
- Black food coloring
- Blue Food Coloring
- Spoon to stir
- Extra Cups
Next, use another empty cup to put food blue coloring with water.
It's up to you how much you want to put in the cup. Then, fill your dropper with the blue mixture.
Now for the fun part! Place the dropper into your cloud and squeeze! My kiddos loved squeezing and making rain! **It's a great fine motor activity too!! :)
Just like a real cloud, it takes a few squeezes of "rain" for the cloud to fill up and "rain" down into the jar. It's super exciting when it finally rains! The stream of blue going down into the jar is amazing!
We tracked the weather together for the week. I laminated the poster and used colorful dry-erase markers to fill in the weather each day. That way it's reusable!
Then my students each recorded the weather into their Weather Book.
Each day they drew a picture of what the weather was like outside and we wrote it together.
I LOVE their drawings!!
We also made the cutest little cloud craft ever...a Pet Cloud! It's super simple and adorable!
Here's what you need:
- Cotton Balls
- Google Eyes
- Clear Bags
- Pet Cloud Bag Topper (included in my Weather Pack)
Have your students gently stretch out the cotton balls and clump them together to make a cloud shape. Then they clue two google eyes in the middle. Place it in the bag, attach the pet cloud bag topper, and VOILA!
Here's a preview of some of the things that are included in my 128 page Weather Pack!
Label for the different types of weather.
Count & Clip numbers 1-30.
Little book of Weather Words.
Comparing and contrasting different types of weather.
Matching the weather with what clothes to wear.
Rainbow rhyming puzzles.