More and More Clouds

Well, wouldn't you know it?! It's been such a beautiful week that there has only been 1 day with clouds that we can observe! Just loving this awesome weather we are having in KS this week!

Just wanted to update with a couple more activities we are doing this week with clouds.

Yesterday, we made Cloud Dough.

*8 Cups of Flour
*1 Cup of Baby Oil

Mix with your hands until it has the texture of cornmeal.

We have a gluten-free kiddo -- but rice flour is a fine substitute for regular all-purpose flour!

 

Once you touch this stuff, you'll know why it's called Cloud Dough. OHMIGOODNESS, it's the softest stuff and so fun to play with. I put this in one of our centers for discovery. Big hit with the littles!

Today we read:

And then we made our very own cloud pictures based on the book. This activity was inspired by 

Mrs. Schmelzer. I just loved how creative the kids got with this!

Feel free to grab this printable I made for this. Happy Friday Eve everyone!

Spilt Milk

LOVE those Cloud Inspectors!

Well the cloud inspectors I made were a bit hit with my firsties! I wanted to use them yesterday, but it was such a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky! We crossed our fingers this morning for afternoon clouds, and we got a few!

We ventured outside to inspect clouds with our official cloud inspectors! Yep, my kiddos know the 3 main types of clouds, but this inspector shows them all different types. The poem we added to our poetry journals this week (FOUND HERE) explains what Cirro, Alto, and Strato mean. The kids just loved observing the clouds and determining what kinds of clouds were in the sky. We saw a few cumulus clouds today, some cirrus, and some cirrostratus clouds!

To download my cloud inspector, click on the picture below:

And here they are in action!!

All About Clouds

This week is all about CLOUDS! So many fun things planned for my class this week.

Today we read:

Then, they students learned about 3 main types of clouds -- stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. By using gestures and the Whole Brain Teaching technique of Teach, Ok....my firsties were able to distinguish these 3 types of clouds.

We are working on this poem all week....I love how it introduces the other clouds as well because when we start cloud watching this week, they'll need this information! Our class motto is "We Can Do Hard Stuff!" If I teach the hard "college words", they just eat it up and love it!

Types of Clouds



Then we had a lot of fun painting puffy clouds! Combine equal parts of Elmers Glue and shaving cream.....use a spoon or popsicle stick to glob on the "paint" onto blue paper. This dries with a puffy texture and just looks too cool!

I have more cloud activities that I will post later this week! Happy Monday!