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Umbrella Colors & Counting Felt Board Story / Flannel Board Story Set

Includes 77 Felt Pieces:
11 Umbrellas: 4 1/2" tall
55 Raindrops (5 of each color): 1 1/4"
1-10 Numbers: 2 1/4"
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Scripture Connection
Genesis 7
2 Samuel 23:4
Ecclesiastes 11:3

Dramatic Play & Craft

Rainstick Craft
Trace around one end of your paper towel tube and then make the circle bigger. Make two circles. Make slits going inwards until you get to the small circle. Cover one side of the paper towel tube with masking tape. Glue to the construction paper on one side of the tube. Cover it with the piece of round construction paper. Glue (or tape) it around. Cut two long pieces of aluminum foil and wrap each tightly (making long strips like a snake). Make each one look like a spring. Place them inside the tube. Place some rice inside the open end and close off with masking tape. Cover it with the other round piece of construction paper. Glue (or tape) it around. Place a piece of construction paper on the tube. Decorate with crayons, paints, etc. (If you want it to last longer, laminate it using clear laminate paper that can be bought at Wal-Mart). Make rain sounds.

Rain Books
Search for Rain Books at Amazon.com

Drama
Pretend to be wind. Whistle (blow out) lightly, heavier, heavier, softer (or the other way around). Sway (move) you head and body back and forth like the wind.

Pretend to be rain. With your fingers, make them move rain falling down: lightly, heavier, heavier, softer (or the other way around).
(You can do it on a table or book.)

Pretend to be thunder. Make soft, louder, louder thunder.

Science
Observe the rain. Feel the rain.

Rain Fingerplay & Songs
Activities Using Music and Rhymes for Early Childhood Education: Eency Weency Spider Our site
If All the Little Raindrops @ NIEHS
If All the Raindrops Music Lesson Plan
Rain Fingerplay

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Rain, rain, go away;
Come again another day;
Little Johnny wants to play.

(You can replace each child name in this song.)

It's raining, it's pouring

It's raining, it's pouring;
The old man is snoring.
Bumped his head
And he went to bed
And he couldn't get up in the morning.

It Ain't Gonna Rain

It ain't gonna rain no more, no more.
It ain't gonna rain no more,
How in the heck will we (I) wash the (my) neck
If it ain't gonna rain no more?

Online Rain and Water Activities and Games

BrainPOP: Water Cycle
Movie & Quiz
Catch the Raindrop (Water the Flower) @ A Kids Heart

Links
Activity Idea Place: April showers, Rain and Rainbows
Preschool April Showers, Rain and Rainbow lesson plan ideas- art, math, songs, games, science, recipe ideas and more for toddler, preschool or kindergarten teachers.

My Pages
Easter and Spring Themes
Rainbow Theme
¡Que Llueva! (It's Raining, It's Pouring)
Weather Theme

Umbrella
Alextoys.com: Umbrella Dot-to-Dot (1-10)
Alphabet Teddy Bear Coloring Pictures: U
Count the Umbrellas @ Learning Treasures
LearningPlanet.com: Printable Coloring Pages: U
KidsRCrafty: Umbrella 1-3 Dot-to-Dot
Umbrella Shape Book with and without lines: eduplace (pdf)

Bry-Back Manor Links
Umbrella Calendar Pieces
Umbrella Dot-to-Dot (1-29)
Match the Umbrellas A-Z Upper and lower case letters.

Umbrella Cookies or Dessert Cinnamon Biscuits
Make circle sugar cookies / dairy-free sugar cookies or dessert cinnamon biscuits / dairy-free dessert cinnamon biscuits. Cut it in half. Decorate with frosting or thin frosting. Place a pretzel, licorice, or something else into the straight edge of the cookie or biscuit.

Online Umbrella Activities and Games

Alextoys: Umbrella Online Coloring
Online Connect The Dots: Umbrella (1-7) @ EnchantedLearning