Reading Confetti: Preschool Cloud Experiment & Weather Blog Hop!

This is a cute activity to not only make your own clouds, but to make the clouds rain!

First we filled a clear glass with water and topped it with a shaving cream cloud.

Then we dropped food coloring on the top until it started to rain!

The kids really liked this activity and wanted to do it over and over again. We paired it with The Cloud Book, which I paraphrased since it was a little long for them. It describes all kinds of clouds and uses the proper names for them. It also tells about what people have believed about clouds throughout history. It's factual without being boring.

We also tried another cloud experiment. We put warm water in the bottom of a jar with ice cubes on the top. It was supposed to form a "cloud" and the condensation would "rain", but this required more patience and wasn't a big hit.

Do you have your own weather activity to share? Link it up below and it will appear on all of these participating blogs! Each of these blogs is also sharing a weather related activity so be sure to check them out!

NurtureStore :: The Golden Gleam :: Rainy Day Mum :: Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

Putti Prapancha :: Sun Hats & Wellie Boots :: Montessori Tidbits :: Kitchen Counter Chronicles

Reading Confetti :: Dilly-Dali Art :: Growing A Jeweled Rose :: The Iowa Farmer's Wife

AngeliqueFelix.com :: Kindergarten Basics :: Mommy With A Selective Memory

Glittering Muffins :: Creative Family Fun :: Living Montessori Now :: Toddler Approved

Living at the Whitehead's Zoo :: Make, Do & Friend :: Creative Connections for Kids

The Educators' Spin On It :: RainbowsWithinReach :: A Mom With A Lesson Plan :: Creativity my Passion

Mama Smiles :: Teach Preschool :: JDaniel4's Mom :: The Outlaw Mom Blog :: Mama Mia's Heart2Heart

10 comments:

UnknownMarch 6, 2012 at 9:51 AM
This is such a fun and very pretty experiment! We'll definitely have to try it!
Jackie HigginsMarch 6, 2012 at 2:44 PM
You've got clouds, I've got rainbows this week :) we're quite a pair!
Ps. I adore anything by Tomie DePaola... even if it's too long for the kiddos to sit through!
Trisha @ Inspiration LaboratoriesMarch 6, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Love this idea. I've dropped food coloring in water plenty of times, but I like the delayed "rain" effect of the shaving cream cloud. :)
BekahMarch 7, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Thanks for the invite to link up! :) I'm finding LOTS of ideas here for more stuff this month.
Jams and BooksMarch 11, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Very good experiment and I can imagine how many times you repeated the steps. You are honest so other people will be able to replicate the experience. Thank you so much for the helpful photos, too. Carolyn
Andie JayeMarch 13, 2012 at 1:50 AM
this looks so fun! bear and i will have to try this!
crittersandcrayonsMarch 20, 2012 at 11:43 AM
I' ve been wondering how to replicate rain!!!!! Great visuals... :)
Day Care San AntonioMay 9, 2012 at 2:06 AM
This is a great idea! This is really helpful for teachers. Also, this helps the kids to develop their skills.
izzaMay 17, 2012 at 1:41 AM
This looks great. I am always looking for ideas for my little ones. Child's environment
UnknownNovember 21, 2012 at 4:00 AM
INCREDIBLE THINKING!! You did really making sense. My little baby girl like different things to do and I think this will be enjoyable for me also.

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