W is for all kinds of Weather – sunny, rainy, snowy and windy. Our momstown letter crafts are a big part of our Alphabet Play program.
What’s one conversation we all have everyday? The weather. We teach our children when they wear raincoats, sunscreen or winter hats. The weather plays such a big part of their daily lives, what and where they can play and is connected to how they feel. Sunny days seem brighter and happier and sometime chilly days are dull and inside.
When talking about the weather change this fall, my middle child (who understands momstown’s literacy based curriculum well by now!) said "let’s make a W for Weather!" So we did!
Our lower case w was split into 4 weather conditions. Suns for “sunny”, fall leaves for “windy”, snow for “snowy” and rain drops for “rainy”. Or at least that was the approach,not all artwork represents the idea, right? Especially not with creative 2 year olds who like to mix all weather up because it is much prettier that way!
Materials:
Construction paper for the background and the W
Glue and scissors
Sun = yellow foam circles or yellow paper, markers to draw on the sun rays
Windy = multicolour scraps for the fallen leaves to glue on
Snowy = cotton balls cut up into smaller white bits for snowflakes, glue ith white glue
Rainy = blue paint to “dab” with a paintbrush, qtip or fingertips (or have a big old rain storm and smear it everywhere!)
Is your child interested in the weather and change of seasons? Check out our R is for Rain, S is for Sun, U is for Umbrella, S is for Snowflake are our other weather related Alphabet Crafts. Perfect for the inside weather activities this season!
momstown love early literacy and we run our Alphabet Play program in every regional chapter monthly. Come on out and join the fun!
