Montessori Activities at Home: Infant/Toddler to Upper Elementary Exploring Clouds
April 08, 2020
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Let’s explore clouds! Clouds are a great example of a topic that can be studied at any age – and helps keep us connected to nature!
Exploring Clouds
Infants/Toddlers
- Watch clouds move.
- Use your body to show how the clouds move.
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Early Childhood
- Observe the clouds. Then, using cotton balls and blue paper, recreate what you saw by making a cloud collage.
- Discuss and introduce vocabulary related to clouds and weather, such as “precipitation,” “drizzle,” and “breezy.” See NAMC’s Early Childhood Culture and Science manual for more ideas.
- Sing a song about clouds and the water cycle.
Lower Elementary
- Discuss the different types of clouds and their function in the water cycle.
- Invite children to use cotton balls and blue paper to create a poster that shows the different types of clouds. See NAMC’s Lower Elementary Physical Geography manual for details.
- Write a haiku about clouds.
Upper Elementary
- Encourage students to research the role clouds play in weather forecasting. Invite them to prepare and video their own three-day forecast.
- Invite students to create their own set of cloud classification cards. See NAMC’s Upper Elementary Physical Geography manual for details about this and other activities about clouds.
- Conduct a science experiment by making a cloud in a jar!
Visit NAMC to learn more about our Montessori Infant/Toddler, Early Childhood, Lower Elementary, and Upper Elementary diploma programs and curriculum.
— NAMC Staff
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