An anemometer is a weather instrument. An anemometer measures the speed of the wind. If you are working on a weather unit with the kids you might want to make one of these cool paper cup anemometers. Materials safety goggles 2 straws 5 small (bathroom) paper cups paper punch small stapler or tape pencil with eraser push pin recycled plastic container with lid (frosting, yogurt, etc.) heavy weight to put in container (rocks/ pebbles/sand/clay) Directions (Adult Supervision Required) All participants should wear safety goggles. Use a paper punch and in 4 of the cups punch a hole about a centimeter down from the rim. In the 5th cup punch 4 evenly spaced holes about a centimeter down from the rim and also make a small hole in the bottom center of this cup. Make a small hole in the center of the rim of the plastic container Push a pencil through the center hole of the cup and also through the plastic cover of the container which will be the base of the anemometer. If desired, add some weight (sand, rocks, etc.) into the container so the wind will not knock over the anemometer. Slide one of the straws through the hole in one of the 4 cups that has only one hole in it. Bend the end of the straw that is inside the cup and tape or staple it to the inside of the cup. Place the other end of the straw through two of the holes in the 5th cup. Then through the hole in one of the other cups.Also tape or staple the end of the straw to the inside of the cup. Repeat the last 2 steps with the remaining 2 cups. Make sure the 4 cups all have their open ends facing in the same direction (clockwise) around the center cup and pencil. Push the push pin through the two straws where they overlap and then into the pencil eraser. Mark one of the cups with a marker! Use that cup as your starting point when measuring wind speed. When the wind blows count how many times the marked cup goes by in one minute. You may want to measure (count) and record the wind speed 2 or 3 times per day. You could compare morning and afternoon wind speeds. Is the wind stronger in the morning or afternoon? Compare different days. Make a graph with your data. ~ To view directions for making a protractor anemometer click here. Have fun learning about weather.
Weather is an influencial part of our world. Learn about the weather through books, literacy activities, math activities, and more!
Weather is such a fun topic for preschool because it is one of the few science concepts that this age group already has lots of knowledge about. I love building up my little one’s vocabulary and trying out experiments to show how weather works. Here were our plans for our Weather theme: And here are […]
Weather is an influencial part of our world. Learn about the weather through books, literacy activities, math activities, and more!
This post contains affiliate links to products I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. I'm so excited to share this post with you because this activity was such a huge hit in our house! My kids love playing with play dough even at the ages of seven and ten. While play dough mats are usually
Teaching about weather is always one of my favorite science topics because there are so many great experiments to try. I wasn’t sure how I was going to teach about weather in a toddler friendly way without true science experiments, but I am really excited about all the fun activities we tried this week! Here […]
20+ WEATHER theme learning shelf and activities for preschoolers and toddlers. Check out the fun activities here...
Our theme for this month is weather! I'll be sharing our playdough and what's on our shelves later this week, but in the meantime here's ou...
Weather is an influencial part of our world. Learn about the weather through books, literacy activities, math activities, and more!
Weather is an influencial part of our world. Learn about the weather through books, literacy activities, math activities, and more!
Weather is an influencial part of our world. Learn about the weather through books, literacy activities, math activities, and more!
Your kids will have fun learning about the weather when you set up a weather station dramatic play area. Encourage pretend play, math, science, and literacy learning with these ideas and printables. I
Well, I had NO time at all to blog this weekend! So, I'm doing a "quickie post" about our weather unit that we completed last week. The...
20+ WEATHER theme learning shelf and activities for preschoolers and toddlers. Check out the fun activities here...
Teaching about weather is always one of my favorite science topics because there are so many great experiments to try. I wasn’t sure how I was going to teach about weather in a toddler friendly way without true science experiments, but I am really excited about all the fun activities we tried this week! Here […]
Teaching about weather is always one of my favorite science topics because there are so many great experiments to try. I wasn’t sure how I was going to teach about weather in a toddler friendly way without true science experiments, but I am really excited about all the fun activities we tried this week! Here […]
Weather is such a fun topic for preschool because it is one of the few science concepts that this age group already has lots of knowledge about. I love building up my little one’s vocabulary and trying out experiments to show how weather works. Here were our plans for our Weather theme: And here are […]
This set of Weather Picture Word Cards can be added to your Writing Center during a Weather Theme. I have included all kinds of weather,
Grab your lesson plan book because I'm sharing all my favorite weather activities designed for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
Sensory play has many benefits and here at Mac-n-Taters we love a good sensory bin. Sensory play is any type of play that stimulates the child’s senses. Sensory bins allow kids to play, create, investigate and explore a variety of materials in a variety of ways. It naturally encourages children to explore and investigate. Throughout our Weather themed unit, we have had many different sensory play experiences. Each week, I set up a new sensory bin for the kids to explore. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. My kids love sensory play, especially sensory bins, which for the last couple months have been coined “sensory floor” in our house. Who knew two little ones could make such a giant mess so quickly. This bin was used several different times throughout the month in several different ways. I absolutely love how it can be used for different things. I started by added blue colored rice, cotton balls, two different kinds of blue glass gems, a blue bowl, tongs, and our blue no spill paint cup to a plastic storage bin. The kids had fun scooping rice and gems and pushing cotton balls into the cup. I quickly transformed it by adding some cloud counting cards from an activity in our Weather PreK Pack. Little Miss would bury the cards and then find one, count the clouds, and add it to her bowl. ********************************* We also transformed our Cloud Sensory Bin into our Rain Sensory Bin, by adding some cut up blue straws, a bottle, and a funnel. The kids worked to push the cotton balls and cut up straws into the bottle and then used the funnel to fill it up to create a rain bottle. The sound of the rice falling around the cotton balls and straws sounded like rain. ********************************* My absolute favorite bin, as well as the kids, was our Rainbow bin. The colors were so bright and cheery and it helped brighten many of the gloomy rainy days we had this month. To create this one I simply colored the rice using vinegar and liquid watercolors, let it dry and then added it to the bin one color at a time. I dropped some fruit pouch lids, pom poms and spoons into the bin and let the kids explore. I also set out our Ikea bowls to allow for scooping and color sorting. They immediately started mixing and scooping the rice all together and their favorite part was burying each other’s hands in the rice and then quickly (read rice everywhere) unburying themselves. They love this one. ********************************* This one was so simple, but made such a huge statement. I took different materials we had one hand and threw them in to represent the different types of weather we talked about. Cotton balls and white pom poms represented snow and clouds, blue crinkle paper was the sky, blue glass gems were rain, black pom poms were storm clouds, yellow pouch caps were suns and yellow pipe cleaners were bent into lightening strikes. I laid out our Weather Vocabulary cards from our Weather PreK pack and Little Miss matched up the different materials based on what she thought they stood for. It was a fantastic month of sensory play!!! ********************* Looking for more Weather themed learning fun. Be sure to check out all of our other Weather Themed Preschool Posts for more learning inspiration.
Weather is an influencial part of our world. Learn about the weather through books, literacy activities, math activities, and more!
Weather is such a fun topic for preschool because it is one of the few science concepts that this age group already has lots of knowledge about. I love building up my little one’s vocabulary and trying out experiments to show how weather works. Here were our plans for our Weather theme: And here are […]
Teaching about weather is always one of my favorite science topics because there are so many great experiments to try. I wasn’t sure how I was going to teach about weather in a toddler friendly way without true science experiments, but I am really excited about all the fun activities we tried this week! Here […]
Practice creative thinking and fine motor skills while exploring tornados with little kids. You're definitely going to want to add this activity to your next preschool exploring weather theme. This week we're learning about storms,
We have a new activity to add to our gross motor dice collection! My daughter loves pulling out the dice throughout the day and "rolling" them. While she is learning about weather terms, she is
Grab your lesson plan book because I'm sharing all my favorite weather activities designed for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
Paper sun art for toddlers and preschoolers. Kids will love learning about sun safety this summer with this easy kids art idea.
This year I am so excited to be starting tot school for the second time with my sweet little Aubrey! She is 2 1/2 now and loved our Baby Bins last year, but is SO ready for more than one bin/activity a day. I won’t be blogging about our themes each week, as we will […]
Puffy Paint Clouds art project for preschool
Make a rainbow discovery bottle out of two simple ingredients -- hair gel and liquid watercolor! This sensory bottle is perfect for a rainbow theme.
Easy Weather Activities for kids.Outdoors activities and crafts mean you can still have fun in sun, rain, wind etc. Dont let rotten weather put you off...
This puddle jumping alphabet activity is a great way to move and learn letter sounds! Bring the rainy fun inside with this playful preschool literacy activity!
Weather process art preschool activities that explore wind, frost, and rain. These fun weather investigations for your classroom.
Preschoolers love to do counting activities. This kite themed preschool math activity is lots of fun for little ones learning to count! They get to add the tails to the kites and count the number
Set up a fun dramatic play center to play out weather forecaster and dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
Howdy! I am Mr. Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard. My real name is Greg Smedley-Warren. I have been teaching for 11 years. I spent a year teaching fifth grade, two years in second grade and am now in my 9th year in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is my passion and my calling but honestly, that wasn’t how it started. When I was moved to Kindergarten (not voluntarily!) I called my mommy and cried. But on the first day, I fell in love and knew that Kindergarten is where I belonged. I have remained in Kindergarten ever since. I plan to never leave the classroom as the kids are what drive me to continue my growth as a teacher and person.
Are you looking for a fun, hands-on and engaging weather unit for your preschool classroom? Check out our weather unit. This unit has book suggestions, large group, small group, centers and independent weather activities.
This is a science experiment about wind that we do during our weather unit. In this experiment, children blow on objects to simulate the wind. Place a
Looking for fun Weather Activities for Preschool? This set is packed with weather charts, activities, and weather worksheets you'll love.
Your preschool kids will love this Super Easy Snowball Painting art for kids. You can even add glitter for a cute & fun winter time snow activity. Pom pom ball crafts are my favorite to keep my kids busy on cold days. Let them make a snowman or a winter storm in their pictures.
