FIAR: 'Storm in the Night' and clouds

While doing our unit study on "Storm in the Night" by Mary Stolz, we took the time to focus on clouds.

We did:
I printed us off Cloud Viewers that I found via Pinterest so that we could ID the various types of clouds.

We made Cloud Dough:

This was a mostly for-fun activity. We made cloud dough (8 cups flour and 1 cup baby oil). Oh, so soft! Then the kiddos just played in it while I read them "Storm in the Night." Great tactile activity. Glad we did it outside because things got a bit white all over!

We made our own cloud shapes out with paper, glue and cottonballs.

"I looked up in the sky and though I saw a ________, but it was just a cloud in the sky."

I found a great web site that had several poems about clouds as well as fog, rain and the water cycle. We love the Water Cycle Song (sung to the tune of She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain). What a great way to learn about the water cycle! We even made up actions to go with it.

Water travels in a cycle, yes it does
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does
It goes up as evaporation
And forms clouds as condensation
Then comes down as precipitation, yes it does.

Then we made our own water cycle artwork to put into our Kindergarten Notebook.

We made Fluffy Cloud Paint (equal amounts of Elmer's Glue and Shaving Cream). The Girl spread the white concoction around on blue paper using popsicle sticks.

We read:
- "Do You Know that Clouds Have Names?" - Online book from The Globe Program
- "Clouds" by Anne F. Rockwell
- "It Looked Like Spilt Milk" by Charles Green Shaw
- "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle
One of The Girl's favorites
- "The Cloud Book" by Tomie DePaola
One of my favorite books
- "Thundercake" by Patricia Polacco
Polacco is a fantastic storyteller. "Thundercake" is about how a little girl shows bravery despite being scared of a storm. The Girl really wanted to make a Thundercake when we were done with this story!

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