I am volunteering for my niece's class to do an activity with them. She is in third grade and learning about the weather. Can anyone help me out with a good activity for the kids to do that relates to the weather?
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Have them make a collage about weather.  Take a big piece of cardboard.  Have them divide it into four parts.  Have them make a sun for the sunny days.  For rainy days they can add cotton balls and some silver glitter for rain drops.  For snow days they can use cotton balls for the snow and some white glitter.  For windy days have them scatter some confetti about or something.  Then have them make an arrow and use a brad (I think thats what they are called) and have them stick it through the arrow and into the middle of their paper.  Then when they watch the weather report with mom and dad during the evening news they can turn the dial to the next days weather.  This will teach them that the weather can be predicted each day and they can see if the weather forecaster was right or not when they wake up the next morning and compare the weather or their paper with what is going on outside.
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summer because I like to be outside. I love thunderstorms when it's warm. And it's the baby's birthday in summer so we have an excuse for an outdoor party! I like to be able to let the kids play in the garden. It helps me keep the house tidy and the washing done, also saves money on bills because I can dry clothes on the line instead of having to use the dryer!
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count me in! havent seen snow in my life. i live in the tropics so it's only hot or cold season... sun rays and rain ( typhoon). I love the weather here. I just want to experience snow once or twice or thrice but not as often as you do. cant live with it.
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When I was a child, we had 2 shoes to share among 10 people, and we all wore the same clothes at the same time. Our schoolhouse was 35 miles and we had to leave for school at 7pm the previous night to make it there in time. We had to go down by the creek, take all our clothes off, jump in the water holding our clothes and books in the air so they wouldnt get wet, and paddle our way to the other side of town where we then walked across hot coals, and a brick road to get to school. In the blizzard weather we tied potato sacks on our feet and look the long way....lol
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scavenger hunt at the park....a friend did that once...parents and children all had fun!!!
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get involved with the students and know them beyond the teacher/student relationship.  is there anything that they're dealing with at school?  perhaps a school event?  talk with them about things other than books and problems.  i don't know what grade level you're talking about and i'm not a teacher, just a student.  perhaps have activities that can show the students that it's not all about homework and tests.  how to do this?  not so sure.  but these are my suggestions.
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Curious George would be good books for this topic. They have many books from a fireman to construction worker. \nYou could always talk with the local fire department and see if they would bring a firetruck for the kids to see and explore. Also try the police department about bringing a police car or even a police dog. Take a tour of the school visit the principal, secretary, v.principal, cafeteria cooks, the custodians, the librarian, and see if the school can have a bus driver come in. I think the tour of the school is a great idea(they do this in my son's class), this is a good way for the children to get to know their school and also be subjected to many jobs. After the tour my son's class had to write about their favorite job(with help of course), or if they were unable to write they colored pictures of bus drivers or painted pictures of the different jobs.
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I used to teach three-year-olds. Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but we would have instrument days (kids could bring them from home or we had some at the center) and we would take turns playing for each other, or we would have a parade through the halls, or take them outside (less noise!).  Also, everyone loves freeze dance.  Sometimes we'd just have a dancing party for 15 minutes or so (especially good on a rainy day when they can't get outside).  Another one that they liked was putting on a show. I would have them sit on the carpet, then let them come up one by one (or pick a partner or two if they were shy) and sing songs for everyone. Sometimes they would make up there own song, which was always funny, and we'd try to learn it.   If you are having a "music day" and you post it, most parents will be more than happy to bring in musical toys and games to share.
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I used to babysit my niece every day when her parents were at work, and she was terrified of lightening and thunder. So, when it would storm and the lightening would start, I would say to her,"Ooooh! So COOL!!!", and we would run to the window to watch the storm. After awhile it started to stick, and she got over her fear. She was 3 years old.\n\nSo, the next time it storms just say to yourself,"Oooh, this is so COOL!" You never know...it just might work!! :)
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I would just suggest doing a search on the web of it. Here are some examples:\nhttp://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html\nhttp://www.elnino.noaa.gov/edu.html\nhttp://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/nino/intro.html\nhttp://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/changes/natural/elnino/\nThis is a very good site:\nhttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/\nhttp://firstgovsearch.gov/search?input-form=simple-firstgov&v%3Aproject=firstgov&query=el+nino&affiliate=nws.noaa.gov\nIt has everything you could ever want to know about weather and its casues and effects. I used this a lot for my Meteorology class.
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Go for something you like. Ex: knitting, sewing, anything arts and crafty really, making smores =) Oh I don't know if it's allowed, but it more fun for everyone else if they can participate in some way. \n\ngood luck! hope you get an A
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I think the weather channel has information like that. check their site. Or put it on search online and you may come up with some hits or leads.
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Why would you introduce conservation to first graders?\nPiaget showed that the ability to conserve is a thinking process that develops, not one that is taught.\n\nAnyway here is an ideas for you.\nStudents can explore clay.Then you can show them a lump of clay. Then roll the clay into a snake. Ask them,"Do I have more clay now? Less clay? or the same?\n\nUse a balance scale to create two blobs of clay that weigh the same. Give the clay to two students and ask them to make a pancake and a ball. Let the class vote on which student has more clay.
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One of my favorites was making a tornado in a 2 L soda bottle.\n\nWhat you do is take a bottle and pour it almost full of water. Get some grass and some small toys, like cars to put in there. I like to use the monopoly houses to. Then put a small drop of soap in then swirl the top a the bottle around really fast. There ya go a tornado. Then give a one or two paragraph summery on how a tornado is formed.
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Ask the childs' teacher. I believe you can find out local information on the internet.
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you can pick and choose from this site, I won't bother explaining it, since we all know it, but this site is aimed at kids:\n\nhttp://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html\n\nYou might even just want to do the first parts and the last parts, but it depends on the age of the kids and stuff like that.
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Make the environment hand son and experiential. Make sure each kid has alot of choice in what they can do and always offer a variety of challenges. Group building and team activities work really well with this age group and they enjoy the bonding that things like a high wall or rope challenge bring.Putting the kids directly in a challenging situation will definately make them become creative and self-sufficient. Hiking and camping skills can be taught as well. \n\nteaching kids about local plants and animals can be done as well.\n\nHere are good outdoor therapy ideas:\n\nhttp://www.recreationtherapy.com/tx/txextrst.htm\n\nwww.outdoor-learning.org/horizons