I’m up to my eyeballs with weather writing… storms, seasons, clouds. We’ve become experts.

Our little Recipe for a Cloud Chef’s bulletin board is really cute – but I keep forgetting to take a picture. I’ve written a note {another note… the desktop “sticky” obviously isn’t doing the trick} so I hope to share a picture tomorrow… or soon… eventually… whenever.

Today we did a quick little activity about clouds that didn’t involve writing. ssshhhhh. I’m exhausted. They’re exhausted. We needed a break.

It starts with 3 1/2 sheets of construction, staggered about an inch, folded in half and stapled. {I used one blue and 2 gray… but they don’t need to be any specific color.}

Cut out the “cover blurb” and glue it to the top layer. All of the rest of the “tabs” get labeled.

The first label is “What are clouds”. This kiddo insisted I take picture of her “water vapor as it is evaporating from the puddle”. Her words. Ahhh… It’s those “lightbulbs” that make it all just soooo worth it!

The second is cirrus clouds. They take a cotton ball and carefully pull it apart into little wisps.

{Cirrus clouds indicate a change in weather is on its way. They were in the sky today… rain is heading our way. Kind of a perfect day to do a clouds activity.}

Third is cumulus. Just a couple of “slightly tugged” cotton balls.

Stratus clouds in the next section. Another couple of cotton balls stretched out into thin “layers”.  

On the last section the kids place their favorite kind of clouds. Sometime ago, they asked me why I take pictures of their things.

I said I like to share pictures of their awesome hard work with my friends. These kiddos felt I should share pictures of their favorite clouds with my friends. So I’m sharing. Haha. 

It’s a quick, easy and effective activity. Here is the FREEBIE cover and information sheet that goes with it.

This is our last week of weather and then we are on to our HUMONGOUS oceans unit …. in time for Open House 4 weeks from now.

I cannot believe how little time is left!

This time of year gets cuh-razy, doesn’t it?  A whirlwind of everything… and then POOF… it’s over.