Make a Weather Board

What's the weather like outside? Look out the window and find out! Create a fun and informative weather board with your preschooler that you can use every day. Make your preschooler the weather forecaster while introducing weather related vocabulary and concepts.

What You Will Need

A piece of heavy construction paper (any color but white)

Sticky-backed Velcro

Squares of felt in yellow, blue, and grey

Scissors

Magic markers

How to Make It

Step One:

Get your preschooler involved from the start by drawing a sun on the yellow felt, a few clouds on the grey felt, some rain drops on the blue felt, and snowflakes on the white felt. Also, draw three separate rectangles on the white felt. 

Step Two:

Label the rectangles with a magic marker, one "hot", one "warm" and one "cold." Then label each weather item. Write "sun" on the sun, etc. On one of the clouds write "cloudy" and on another one write "fog". Then glue a loop-side piece of Velcro to the back of each weather element and rectangle. 

Step Three:

At the top of your construction paper take a marker and write "Today's Weather." In the middle of the paper place two hook-side pieces of Velcro.

Step Four:

Place your weather board on the wall near a window and observe the weather. Affix the correct weather element to the board.

Variations

At the beginning of the day take your preschooler to the window or outside and discuss what it looks like. Is the sun visible? Are there clouds? Is it raining. Place the appropriate weather element on the board. Then check the temperature. Is it cold? Warm? Hot? Place the proper temperature rectangle on the board.

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