It’s always fun to learn about weather in the early elementary classroom. Our curious young students love to learn new facts about the world around them, including weather! An easy way to incorporate some weather discussion into your daily learning routine is with videos. In this post, I’m going to share some of my favorite weather videos for kids along with some engaging weather activities.
My students loved exploring and learning about all different types of weather. Since I lived in the midwest for a LONG time, we experienced quite a variety of weather. Anything could happen!
The very best way for students to learn about weather is to see it in action. However, if you don’t live in an area with a lot of weather variety, videos can come in handy! Not only do videos let students see and experience different types of weather, but they can also be used for read-alouds and sing-alongs throughout a weather unit.
Here are some of my favorite weather books for kids. I’ll start with informational videos about weather, then move on to read-aloud videos. I’ll also share some of my favorite weather song videos.
This is a really short video that would be great as an introduction to a weather unit. It provides a helpful explanation about what causes weather and why it’s important.
Most students are familiar with thunder and lightning, but they might not know what causes these storms. This is a great video that shares facts about thunder and lightning that your students will find interesting.
When we think about a weather unit, severe weather events like floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes come to mind. This weather video for kids was put together by FEMA to teach about the different types of severe weather. It provides kid-friendly explanations along with tips for staying safe during extreme weather events.
When we think about a weather unit, severe weather events like floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes come to mind. This weather video for kids was put together by FEMA to teach about the different types of severe weather. It provides kid-friendly explanations along with tips for staying safe during extreme weather events.
This is a really cute video that explains three different types of clouds. Students are always so excited to learn that clouds can give us clues about the weather.
Jessi and Squeaks show how to keep a journal to track the weather. What a fun idea during your weather unit!
I always suggest using a physical copy of a book for a read-aloud, especially for nonfiction topics. However, I know how hard it can be to locate a book at the last minute! That’s why I wanted to share some engaging weather read-aloud videos that you can use during a weather unit.
Gail Gibbons always has great child-friendly nonfiction books and this weather book is no exception! Students can add more weather words to their vocabulary by watching this video.
This nonfiction book about super storms is a very interesting addition to a weather unit.
This nonfiction text introduces different types of weather with engaging text and photographs. It also has good examples of nonfiction text features that you can point out to students throughout the video.
Fly Guy is always a hit with early elementary students! This book has a lot of great information about weather, so it’s a helpful addition to a weather unit.
This is a fun song to use at the beginning of the school day, especially if you discuss the weather during calendar time. This song reinforces some of the most common weather description words. This video is a great way to encourage students to look outside and classify the weather!
This song is a great movement break to use during a weather unit! There are a lot of fun movement words that encourage students to move and bend with the windy weather.
This is a fun and upbeat song that would also be a great movement break for young students in kindergarten and first grade. Your students can’t help but dance along to this fun song!
After you show your students the fun videos I shared above, you can incorporate weather-themed learning activities into your daily routine!
Your students can review the vocabulary they’ve learned about weather as they practice forming and writing sentences. These printable sentence scrambles are perfect for literacy centers, morning work, early finishers, and more! They are a great way to review weather words while practicing important literacy skills.
You can find these activities at the link below:
You can also add some weather-themed learning to your center rotations! These digital weather activities are preloaded onto Seesaw, so they’re easy to add to your literacy and math stations.
You can find these digital weather centers at the link below:
These printable math and literacy centers for March also include some weather-themed learning activities. These printables are perfect for independent practice, so you can use them for learning stations, morning work, early finishers, and more!
Just click below to find the kindergarten and first grade centers in my TPT store:
Stamps are always a hit in kindergarten and first grade classrooms! This set of stamping centers for March includes a set of weather-themed stamping activities. Students can review the weather vocabulary they’ve learned by stamping and writing the words. There is also space for them to draw each type of weather after stamping and writing.
Be sure to grab this free weather activity that’s perfect for your daily centers routine! Just add your email address to the box below to snag this weather center freebie. It’s a great addition to your weather unit and it coordinates well with the weather videos for kids included in this post.
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