Geography for Kids - What Is the Weather Today?

The weather is an important part of the character of a place. The amount of sun or rain, heat or cold, the direction and strength of the wind, all determine such things as how people dress, how well crops grow, and the extent to which people will want to live in a particular spot. Join your kids in observing weather conditions.

Ages 2-3

• As you dress your children in the morning talk about the sunshine or rain, the heat or the cold, and how they need to dress for the weather.
  
  
• Bundle up and take your toddler for a walk when it is windy, raining, or snowing. Talk about the experience--about how it felt to be outside, how you dressed for it, what the weather did to your clothes. What did the wind feel like? What did the rain smell like? Was the snow soft, and was it cold? How did things outside look different from when the sun was shining?
  
  
• Take a pinwheel outside, listen to a wind chime, or fly a kite. Let your kids tell you what happened when they took their weather toy outside.