• 1.

  Older preschool children find this activity a challenge. Prepare a sample chart and offer rulers to help children figure out how to divide paper into columns. Encourage them to think about how big to make words in each space.

• 2.

  Science, math, language, and art come together when children record weather. Use words and symbols to assure that everyone can interpret the chart.

• 3.

  Children learn how scientists collect and record data, skills necessary as they gather information and make decisions.

• 4.

  Use a 12- by 18-inch sheet of construction paper. Write your name and Weather Chart at the top with Crayola® Construction Paper™ Crayons. Draw a line under your title.

• 5.

  With a ruler, measure the paper into five columns. Draw lines to make your columns.

• 6.

  At the top of each column, write the names of days, Monday through Friday. Draw another line under them.

• 7.

  On each day of the week, talk with your friends about the weather. What is the temperature? Wind? Clouds? Precipitation? Use words and pictures to record observations.

Standards

• Asking Questions
• Letters, Numbers & Words
• Reading Pictures
• Vocabulary
• Physical: Eye - Hand Coordination
• Physical: Senses
• Physical: Small Muscles
• Social & Emotional: Flexibility
• Social & Emotional: Making Friends
• Thinking: Creating
• Thinking: Observing
• Thinking: Problem Solving