Weather Printables for Circle Time

Part of our circle time routine is going over the weather. This time is short, yet so valuable to little learners! If you want to make circle time meaningful, you’ll want to check out these weather printables for circle time!

Teaching preschoolers about the weather can be both fun and educational! Here are some ideas and tips:

1. Introduce Basic Concepts: Start by explaining simple concepts like sun, clouds, rain, wind, and snow. Use visuals such as pictures, books, or toys to illustrate each type of weather.
2. Weather Chart: Create a weather chart together with the children. Use images or symbols for different types of weather (sunny, rainy, cloudy, etc.) and each day, have them help you decide which one to put up based on what they see outside. (If you want to use mine, scroll below to get the download!)
3. Songs and Rhymes: Teach weather-related songs and rhymes. For example, “Rain, Rain, Go Away” or “Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun.”
4. Hands-On Activities: Engage them in hands-on activities:
   • Cloud in a Jar: Show them how clouds form using a jar, hot water, and ice.
   • Rain Gauge: Make a simple rain gauge using a plastic bottle to measure rainfall.
   • Windsocks: Create windsocks to observe wind direction.
5. Weather Walks: Take short walks outside to observe the weather. Encourage them to use their senses and describe what they see, feel, and hear.
6. Books and Stories: Read books about weather. Discuss the stories and ask students questions.
7. Seasonal Changes: Discuss how the weather changes with each season. Talk about typical weather patterns for each season and how it affects nature.
8. Art and Crafts: Create weather-themed crafts such as sun catchers, shaving cream umbrellas, or windy hair art.

As you can see, there are so many ways to learn about the weather with preschoolers!

During weather time, we sing a song called What’s the Weather? This song is sung to the tune of Oh My Darling, Clementine.

The kids love the song and it helps them with vocabulary, naming the weather, and interacting with their peers. After we sing the song, I call on a student to tell me the weather. They tell me two things about the weather. Here are some examples:

• hot and sunny
• warm and windy
• partly sunny and cool
• cold and snowy

If a student doesn’t know the weather, they can ask a friend to help or I can call on a different student.

Weather Printables

There are all kinds of weather printables on TPT or on the web. I even created a weather chart years ago when my oldest was doing home preschool.

If you’d like to use the weather printables I use, you can!

In my set of printables, you’ll find the following:

• weather display poster
• weather pictograph for Monday-Friday
• weather picture cards
• weather name cards

The weather names include the following:

• sunny
• partly cloudy
• partly
• rainy
• stormy
• snowy
• foggy
• windy
• warm
• cold
• hot

I leave the pictures up on our wall so students can see the weather throughout the week. We talk about patterns or difference in weather for each day.

I’d love for you to use these weather printables in YOUR classroom! If you’d like the free printable, please fill out the form below!

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