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Weather Books and Activities for Little Learners

Storm season is upon us and I love taking this time to talk all about weather with the littles! We live in an area that sees LOTS of different types of weather this time of year, so there’s always something to explore! These weather books and activities are the perfect addition to your weather themed unit!

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Weather Book Recommendations

The first thing I love to do when we begin a new themed unit is grab ALL. THE. BOOKS. for that theme. And finding books for a weather theme is SO much fun! Using a Science themed Math and Literacy unit is a great way to include nonfiction texts in your reading! Check out some of our favorite weather books below! *These are Amazon affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at not extra cost to you if you choose to order books through these links. Thanks so much for supporting The Stay-at-Home Teacher!*

National Geographic Kids: Weather – Kristin Baird Rattini

Explore My World Weather – Lisa Gerry

Weather Words – Grail Gibbons

National Geographic Kids: Storms – Miriam Busch Goin

It’s Raining! – Gail Gibbons

National Geographic Kids: Everything Weather – Kathy Furgang


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Weather Themed Math & Literacy Activities for Preschool

Turn your kiddos’ love of exploring weather into a fun school experience with this set of weather themed centers! It’s packed FULL of hands-on Math and Literacy activities that your kiddos will love! Your kiddos will practice common early Preschool skills like shapes, colors, counting, letters, and fine motor skills.

CLICK HERE to grab this Weather Preschool unit!


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“Cloud” Sensory Play

Do your kiddos like getting messy?! I know mine does! Anytime we want to turn school time into MESSY fun, we break out the shaving cream! This is especially fun during our weather unit when talking about clouds! LG loves playing in the shaving cream. But I love using it for pre-writing practice by asking her to trace different shapes, letters, numbers, etc. in the shaving cream! Little does she know, her messy play time is full of learning!


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Weather Themed Sensory Bin

Speaking of sensory, we are HUGE fans of sensory bins in our house! This weather themed sensory bin will be the perfect addition to both your play time and learning time!

To assemble the bin I grabbed a bag of cotton balls (clouds), cut up yellow straws (lightning bolts or rays of sun), little blue gems from the dollar store (raindrops), snowflake gems, and sun/rainbow mini erasers from the Target Dollar Spot years ago!

This bin is a great resource when added to our weather themed Math and Literacy centers as you’ll have plenty of opportunities to use the manipulatives! You can also use this bin to create patterns, discuss the different types of weather, or create your own weather scenes! And don’t forget – all the various textures offer an amazing sensory experience!


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Character Traits Weather Craftivity

If you’re enjoying weather themed fiction books during this unit, don’t forget to grab this handy this craftivity! Your kiddos will have so much fun prepping the cloud and raindrops, they’ll barely notice that they’re practice an important reading comprehension skill – character traits!

CLICK HERE to grab your character traits craftivity!


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Spring PreK/Kindergarten Math and Literacy Centers

If you’re working with older PreK and Kindergarten kiddos, you don’t want to miss these sweet little raindrop activities and other centers! This activity is a great way to practice both matching numbers to their number words AND number order!

CLICK HERE to grab your Spring PreK/Kindergarten centers!


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FREE Preschool Centers

One of my favorite things to do each month is share new, FREE resources with my pals in my e-mail community! In our April PreK centers freebie, you’ll find this fun counting activity that will be perfect added to your weather themed sensory bin! You can grab this freebie and TONS of other PreK/Kinder freebies in my Free Resource Library!

CLICK HERE to sign up for our e-mail community and receive your password.

CLICK HERE to visit our Free Resource Library if you already have the password.


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FREE Weather Themed Preschool Plans

Are you ready to have some fun?! Be sure you download these FREE weather themed Preschool plans from my TpT store to accompany your weather Math and Literacy centers!

CLICK HERE to download your free weather Preschool plans!


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