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Rainy
Weather Unit
Songs & Poems
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Fun In the Rain
Tune: "Three Blind Mice"
Rain, rain,
rain
Rain, rain, rain
Dribble, dribble, sploosh!
Dribble, dribble, sploosh!
Grab your boots, your coat, and hat,
Jump in a puddle and go kersplat!
Stomp about and become a drowned rat,
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain. |
If All of the
Raindrops
If all of the raindrops
were lemondrops and gumdrops
Oh, what a rain it would
be!
Standing outside,
with my mouth open wide
Singing Aa Aa Aa Aa, Aa Aa
Aa, Aa Aa Aa,
If all the
raindrops were lemondrops
and gumdrops
Oh, what a rain it would
be!
(We love to change this one
by choosing a letter and thinking of two types
of food that begin with
the letter. IE: b-broccoli and brownies! We sing the
new words in place of lemondrops and gumdrops and
replace Aa with the letter sound).
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Raindrops
Raindrops
are such funny things.
They haven't feet or haven't wings.
Yet they sail through the air
With the greatest of ease,
And dance on the street
Wherever they please! |
Here's Your Umbrella
Tune: London Bridge
The rain outside
is
falling down,
falling down,
falling down.
The rain outside is falling
down.
Here's your umbrella!
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Water Cycle
Tune: "It's Raining, It's Pouring"
It's
raining, it's pouring,
The oceans are storing
Water from the falling rain
While thunderclouds are roaring.
The rain
now is stopping,
The rain's no longer dropping.
Sun comes out and soaks up water
Like a mop that's mopping.
The water's
still there now,
But hidden in the air now.
In the clouds it makes a home
Until there's rain to share now. |
Thunder and Lightning
Tune "Pop Goes the Weasel"
When a
storm begins in the clouds,
It sometimes may look frightening.
You see a quick electrical spark--
Flash! goes the lightning!
Long and
thin and streaky and fast,
Its glow is oh so brightening.
Watch for the electric spark--
Flash! goes the lightning!
When a
storm begins in the clouds,
It truly is a wonder.
You hear a rumble loud in the sky--
Clap! goes the thunder!
Lightning
bolts are heating the air,
Over clouds and under.
When the air expands enough--
Clap! goes the thunder. |
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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!
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It's Raining, It's Pouring
It's raining, it's pouring,
It's raining, it's pouring,
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed and he
Bumped his head
And he couldn't get up in
the morning.
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Clouds
Floating
pictures in the sky.
Upon a cloud I'd like to
fly.
And see the world
from way up high.
Come and ride a cloud with
me.
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Rain, Rain
Tune: Row Row, Row Your Boat
Rain, rain falling down
Landing all around.
What a lovely sound you
make
Splashing on the ground.
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I Can Sing A Rainbow
Red and Yellow
and Pink and Green
Purple and Orange and Blue
I can sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow, too.
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Rain
Rain on the rooftops,
Rain on the trees.
Rain on the green grass,
But not on me!
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The Rain
Pitter-patter raindrops,
Falling from the sky.
Here is my umbrella
To keep me safe and dry.
When the rain is over
And the sun begins to glow,
Little flowers start to bud
And grow and grow and grow. |
Rain Rain
Rain rain falls on the street,
mud in puddles cleaning my feet.
Thunder thunder rumble and roar,
close the windows and lock the door.
Clouds, clouds black and gray,
heavy with water to drop all day.
Sun sun is breaking through,
clouds are moving, the rain stops too.
Rainbow rainbow across the sky,
see-through colors to tickle my eyes. |
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Books
Language Activities
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Read
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
by Bernard Shaw.
Have children draw a
picture on white paper
using a blue crayon. The children color the area
around the drawing blue and do not color the inside of
the drawing. Following the pattern of the story
program and photocopy two clouds for each child with
the words:
Sometimes it looked like a
_____________
But it wasn't a
_______________.
The children write the word
that corresponds
with their picture onto the line. Hang the pictures
on your bulletin board or make them into a large class
book.
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Sight Word Umbrellas
Have
children make umbrellas (see "Umbrellas" idea below
under Art Activities). Have children make
raindrops that will hang from the umbrella. Then
the children write a sight word they know on each
raindrop they make. Hang the raindrops from the
umbrella using fishing line.
Some ways
to adapt this activity for your students:
* Write a letter on each raindrop.
* Write rainy weather words.
* Write words that begin with /Rr/. |
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Letter Match Game
Click here to print a file folder game from Preschool
Printables!
Bright and Sunny Letters. |
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Math Activities
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Umbrella Math
Obtain a pattern of various
sized umbrellas and photocopy onto colored
construction paper. There are so many things to do!
* Make
patterns
* Sort by size or color
* Put in order by size
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Art Activities
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Torn Paper Rainbows
Have children rip red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple paper. Cut a
paper plate in half (use
only one half -
this is the arc). Apply glue onto the plate where the
first color of the rainbow should be. Have the
children stick their red torn paper on the glue. Next
apply glue under the red torn paper for the next
color, and so on!!
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Cereal Rainbows
You will need a box of
Fruit Loops (or similar cereal), paper, pencil and
glue. Have children draw a rainbow shape, or trace
it, then have them glue the fruit loops inside the
shape.
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Class
Rainbow
Have the
children make
their handprints
by dipping their hands into paint, using all the
colors of the rainbow. When dry, cut them out and
assemble onto your bulletin board into a rainbow
shape.
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Rainbow Necklaces
Supply the
children with
Fruit Loops and yarn to make a wonderful necklace they
can eat!
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Shaving
Cream Clouds
Put some
shaving cream on the table.
Tell
the children to imagine that it is a cloud. They can
also practice writing letters and numbers in it.
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Colorful Raindrops
Cut a raindrop shape out of
blue construction paper. Cut out the center. Replace
with clear contact paper. Have the children stick
colored tissue paper onto the sticky side of the
contact paper. Stick another piece of contact paper
on top when they are done (so the sticky sides are on
the inside). Hang in the windows or from string
across your room.
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Umbrellas
Have the
children paint a paper plate. Let dry. Cut
in half. Use scrap paper to make a handle and
attach. Draw raindrops and hang from the umbrella
using fishing line. |
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