Preschool Universe themes are collections of educational preschool activities from all over the web. The activities are classified into one of six categories – Math & Science, Language & Literature, Reading & Writing, Arts & Crafts, Music & Movement, and Sensory. This way, you can be sure your preschoolers are getting practice in each of these important areas, and really exploring a theme from all angles.
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Math & Science
Create rain in a glass like at Habeebee Homeschooling.
Demonstrate how rain falls from clouds with some jars, shaving cream, colored water and eye droppers, as shown at Teach Preschool.
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Language & Literature
Read some of these weather themed books:
Learn some new weather words, such as temperature, barometer, air pressure, precipitation, etc.
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Reading & Writing
Develop pre-writing skills by tracing the lines on this worksheet from 2 Teaching Mommies, where you’ll find lots of weather themed printables. Kids can get fine motor practice by cutting along the lines, too.
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Spell some weather themed words with play dough and some alphabet shaped cutters, like shown at Counting Coconuts.
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Arts & Crafts
Watch the wind with this DIY bottle wind spinner from Free Kids Crafts.
Illuminate your room with this sunny sun catcher craft from Morning Sun Rae.
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Paint your own clouds with homemade puffy paint.
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Music & Movement
Sing some of the weather themed songs over at Preschool Education.
Run and Play outside in the rain, snow, wind or sun.
Fly a kite.
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Sensory
Experience snow year-round with Blizzard in a Bucket, or other instant snow. It really gets cold and feels totally unique.
Make a weather sensory bin like this one from Counting Coconuts:
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What are your favorite weather themed activities for preschool? Leave a comment.
