DIY Preschool Weather Board {With Free Printables!}
I’m am SO excited to share with you our preschool weather board! I just put it together and I also created some printables for YOU to use, too! Since we’re still on the letter W, I thought studying weather would be appropriate. Also, Troy is talking a lot about the weather lately so I know he’s ready for this!
First, I made a weather wheel. This was the first time I bought clip art for printables and I love it! The only problem is that it didn’t come with a graphic for snow. So please forgive me that this weather wheel doesn’t include snow. To download your FREE copy, click here —> Weather Wheel
It’s easy to assemble…just cut out the wheel and arrow and put a brad through it.
Then I made a weekly weather graph with cards to put under each day. To download your FREE copy, click here —> Weather Graph
My suggestion is print these out on cardstock and laminate them.
You don’t need to mount the wheel and graph on anything, but I chose to make a board for this. I took an old canvas and wrapped it with fabric. Then I attached the weather graph and added an envelope below to hold all the cards. I also put velcro dots on the graph and cards.
We are excited to add our weather board to our preschool day. I know it’s a very common thing to do in preschooler curriculum, so I hope these resources are helpful for you!
I love the weather wheel! Thanks!
I used this for my class in a school I just started and it looks amazing! Children absolutely love taking turns to do this.
Thank you so much. My daughter wants to know what the weather will be each day so this is perfect to turn it into an activity. I’ve printed and laminated it and will get some Velcro dots this afternoon. I made an extra hot sun by making your yellow sun orange, as we’re about to hit summer and it will be sweltering!
Thank you for making this! I am going to use this this year to help my preschoolers think about the whole week. I just am missing the snowing picture, so I will have to make one. Living in Iowa, that is something we will add to our chart!
thank you; You are so kind to share this.
These are so cute! I used them to make flash card size pictures for my infant. I will probably laminate them to keep them in good lasting condition (baby drool). Thank you for sharing.
I wish you had snow! 🙁 other than no snow cards, my kiddos and I love this weather board. I personally liked the graphics the most compared to what else is out there.
Here is how I incorporated your “the weather outside is…” to my board.
http://brily-journeythrugod.blogspot.com/2013/08/morning-calendar-prayer-time-classroom.html
I know 🙁 I wish I did, too! I loved the graphics, which is why I chose to get them!
Thanks so much for sharing your cute printable, Angela! I featured it as the Free Printable of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow (and on Pinterest).
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This is so wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing this! I am excited to make one for the upcoming school year. It is so cute!
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This is great! Thanks so much for sharing. And it doesn’t snow around our parts, so the lack of snow on the weather wheel won’t make a difference around here. 🙂
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That’s good to hear! 🙂 Jealous that you don’t have snow!! Thanks for your comment.
I LOVE THIS!!! Since we’re currently remodeling the basement and I have no wall space to hang anything, I may try using these in a 3 ring binder so we can talk about the weather every day.
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Thanks, Becky! I totally understand. I think the binder idea is wonderful!
thanx for sharing awesome way of doing it and I like the idea of tracking it throughout the week.
Thanks!! Yes, I thought that would be helpful for us to look at the weather for the whole week.
Super cute, Angela! We’re in the process of getting a big bulletin board on our wall – so I will finally be able to do stuff like this with the kids.
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Thank you so much! That’s fun about the bulletin board!! We are in the process of selling our house, so I can’t hang one right now. When we move I’d love to have a whole corner for this type of stuff. I guess that’s the teacher in me!