Weather All Around Us Mother Goose Time Curriculum

I’m excited to be an ambassador for Mother Goose Time! I’ve been using their curriculum for most of the 10 years I’ve been in the child care business. I find it saves me a lot of time and is fun for the kids. Also, it has a very professional presentation for the parents – they are all very excited about our activities. The following is a review of the Weather All Around Us Mother Goose Time Curriculum from October.

I will be blogging more in detail of our weekly activities in November when we start the Rainforest Adventure theme, but I want to share some of what we did in October with the Weather All Around Us theme. It was a great month of learning!

The following photos are just highlights of week 1- the curriculum includes much more! Some of these ideas are mine that I added for my group.

Week 1: Weather

Sunshine

Rays of the Sun Game (I guess this activity was actually on the day we covered Summer). Pick a number & count out the number of rays for the sun.

Wind

Playing with scarves, ribbons and a fan to create wind! This activity was a big hit.

Clouds

Cloud dough (cornstarch & hair conditioner)

Cloud sculptures made with cornstarch noodles, (Magic Nuudles) hanging on our mobile

“Clouds” Shaving cream sensory play

Painting letter C with “clouds” – Fiberfill clipped to a clothespin

Snow

What can we pull on a sled?

Decorating sleds with snowflake stamps

Rain & Rainbows

Raindrop painting with droppers & liquid watercolors

Finished raindrop clouds

After making raindrops on our clouds, we used a piece of paper to make a print since the clouds were very wet with paint. After it dried, we glued the cloud frame over top. I asked each child “If it’s raining and you can’t play outside, what would you do instead?” I loved this answer from a 3 year old!