Weather Activities Preschool and Kindergarten

I love weather themed unit studies! Weather activities are fun for practicing early learning skills with kids. This Weather Activities Printables for Preschool and Kindergarten (and beyond) bundle is full of fun weather activities and science projects.

Weather Activities Printables Preschool and Kindergarten

You can use this exciting weather theme to teach all kinds of awesome early learning skills, from literacy to science to early math.

Check out this awesome weather printable pack I’ve put together for your early learners. It’s a fun way to learn about the weather while practicing all kinds of other early learning skills with your kids at home and in the classroom this year.

Plus, exploring different types of weather is a good way to help kids overcome their anxiety about thunder, lightning, and storms. 

 

Weather Theme Preschool Literacy Activities

As your preschool and kindergarten kids prepare to read and write, they’ll be learning all sorts of important early literacy skills! Weather theme preschool and kindergarten literacy activities are a great place to begin teaching important literacy skills while having fun with your kids this year.

In this fun weather printable bundle for kids, you’ll find the following literacy activities:

Montessori 3 Part Cards

I love incorporating Montessori 3 part cards in our lessons and unit studies, because they provide lots of opportunities to help your early learners master new vocabulary, explore phonetics, and practice skills like sorting and matching too. These 3 part weather theme cards are Montessori inspire and perfect for hands on learning with your preschoolers.

Sensory Writing Activities with Weather themed Letters

There are so many fun ways you can use these printable weather letters at home and in the classroom!

A couple of our favorite ways are to incorporate them into a writing tray or writing activity.

You can use sand, salt, or sugar to practice writing letters.

Or set up a fun and educational alphabet sensory bin activity with your preschool and kindergarten learners. 

First, choose a filler; we happen to really like waterbeads. Then, print, laminate, and hide your weather letters in your sensory bin. For an exciting weather activity for the early years, have your preschoolers dig out the letters of the alphabet and arrange them in alphabetical order to practice letter identification skills.

Weather Activities for Kindergarten

My Weather Journal

This printable weather activity pack includes a weather journal you can print and assemble with your early learners as a part of this weather themed unit study. Use this weather journal to encourage your kids to build important early writing skills and practice their penmanship by creating fun stories or completing weather themed copywork assignments.

Weather mini book for Emergent Readers

Mini books are an excellent way to supplement your reading program and help your preschool and kindergarten kiddos build important early reading skills too. Emergent readers can practice phonics skills by reading these little weather books aloud or following along as you read.

Weather Rhyme Sorting

Did you know rhyming is a really important skill for kids to master before they learn to read? It’s true! For a fun weather theme rhyming activity to do with your early learners, try printing these rhyming raindrops to match up together as part of your weather themed lessons this year. 

Rain Cloud Name Craft

The first word most of us learn to read, write, and spell is our name.

You can practice reading and spelling names with your early learners with this fun rain cloud name craft.

Print the letters and the cloud. Then, cut out the letters you’ll need to spell each child’s name. Finally, have your child glue the raindrops on the cloud in the right order to spell their own name. 

Montessori Weather Activities

Weather Math Activities for the Early Years

There are many fun weather activities for the early years to practice numeracy and early math skills too. You can help your preschool and kindergarten learners explore different types of weather, practice rote counting, number identification, one to one correspondence, and measuring with these numeracy weather activities. 

Weather Themed Counting Mats 

I love using counting mats with my preschool and kindergarten learners. These printable weather themed counting mats provide an easy way to practice counting and number identification with a hands on activity your early learners will love.

Plus, it’s an easy way to add in some fine motor practice for building finger muscles and dexterity too.

You can use counters, beans, or blocks with these weather themed counting mats, but my favorite counting tool to use with preschool and kindergarten learners is putty or dough. Using playdough or putty helps kids build finger strength as they practice numeracy.

Check out this recipe for weather themed silly putty to use with your counting mats. 

 

Raindrop Measuring Activity

Learning to measure objects with a ruler is another important early numeracy skill for preschool and kindergarten learners. Plus, kids think it’s a lot of fun!

Print out this raindrop measuring activity for a fun weather themed way to practice this important early math skill with your kiddos at home or in the classroom.

Weather Sorting Activity

Another weather activity for the early years is sorting. Learning to sort objects and group them together by like qualities is an important math skill you can have lots of fun practicing with your preschool and kindergarten learners this year.

This printable weather sorting activity makes it a lot of fun to group like objects while exploring and learning about different types of weather, too.

Fine Motor Weather Activities to Explore

Many of the activities you’ll find in this weather printables set for preschool and kindergarten learners focus on or incorporate fine motor skill building. Building fine motor skills is one of the most important early learning skills your kids can master.

However, it’s easy to overlook while you’re focused on literacy and numeracy. Just to be sure, I’ve added Weather Cutting Cards to this printable weather activities bundle for the early years.

Kids can practice building important fine motor skills and learning to use scissors as they cut along the dotted line to complete these weather-themed cards.

Weather Science Experiments and Printables

Do you have a junior meteorologist in your group? Then, they’ll love these weather-themed science experiments and printable activities!

I’m sure all your preschool and kindergarten kiddos will want to be weather scientists once they’ve tried a few of these experiments and activities: 

Weather chart for recording daily weather

Keep a record of the weather you see outside your window just like a real meteorologist would! It’s a great way to get your early learners into the habit of using the scientific method to record data and make educated guesses about the weather tomorrow.

Rain Cloud in a Jar Experiment 

Have fun creating your very own rain cloud in a jar science experiment. Instructions and observation worksheets included in this weather printable set for preschoolers and kindergartners.

Want to learn more about this experiment? See a super cool rain cloud in a jar science experiment activity here.

Dressing for the Weather

How many times have you had to tell your kids to dress for the weather? If you’ve ever had to tell them they can’t wear flip flops when it’s snowing or sweaters in July, you’re going to love this weather activity printable.

It’s all about teaching your preschool and kindergarten kids to dress appropriately for the weather. It’s a great way to help kids make sense of the seasons and build critical thinking skills, too.

Weather Activities for Early Years

Teaching Kids about Clouds

Teaching kids about clouds can be a fun and engaging experience! Here are some ideas and activities to help them learn:

Introduction to Clouds

• What Are Clouds?: Explain that clouds are made of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air.
• Types of Clouds: Introduce the main types of clouds: cumulus (fluffy), stratus (layered), cirrus (wispy), and nimbus (rainy).

Cloud Identification

• Cloud Chart: Create a simple chart with pictures of different types of clouds. Kids can color them and learn to identify them in the sky.
• Cloud Spotting: Take the kids outside on a clear day and have them look up at the sky. Ask them to identify the clouds they see using the chart.

Cloud Formation Experiment

• DIY Cloud in a Jar: Fill a jar with hot water and place a lid on it. After a few minutes, remove the lid and add ice to the top. Watch as condensation forms on the lid, mimicking how clouds are formed.

Weather Connection

• Clouds and Weather: Discuss how different types of clouds can indicate different weather conditions. For example, cumulus clouds can mean fair weather, while nimbus clouds often bring rain.
• Weather Journal: Have kids keep a journal of the weather for a week, noting the types of clouds they see and the weather each day.

Art and Creativity

• Cloud Crafts: Use cotton balls to create fluffy cumulus clouds on blue construction paper. Kids can also create a mobile of different cloud types.
• Story Time: Read books about clouds and weather, such as “It Looked Like Spilt Milk” by Charles G. Shaw.

Interactive Learning

• Cloud Songs: Teach them songs about clouds and weather to make learning memorable.
• Online Resources: Use educational videos or interactive websites that explain clouds and weather phenomena in a kid-friendly way.

Field Trip Ideas

• Visit a Weather Station: If possible, arrange a field trip to a local weather station or science center to learn more about meteorology.

Encourage your kids to keep observing the sky and to think about the clouds they see.

Printable Cloud Activities for Kids

I can’t wait to read about all the fun you’re having learning about the weather with your own little meteorologists at home and in the classroom this year!

This Weather theme includes 64 pages – Science, Language and Literacy Skills, Math Activities, Art, and more.

• Weather Chart with pictures and words
• Weather 3 part cards
• The Weather Journal
• Cloud Experiment Blank Picture
• Cloud Experiment Observation worksheet
• Cloud Experiment Instructions
• The weather today is… worksheet and What I’m wearing drawing page
• Weather mini book
• Weather coloring book
• Weather Counting Mats (ten frame)
• Raindrops measuring
• Thermometer sorting (tallest – smallest)
• Weather Cutting Cards
• Weather themed Alphabet (lowercase and capitals)
• Weather Rhyming
• Weather themed Memory Game
• Cloud Craft with weather name craft letters (lowercase and capital)

Then, don’t forget to grab your very own printable Montessori inspired Weather themed lesson plan activity bundle too.

Don’t forget to download your own weather printables for kids today. Then, share your child’s favorite weather learning activity in the comment section.

Weather Theme Preschool