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Blocks, crayons, cardboard and a pitcher on a kitchen counter

๐ŸŒค Today's Weather

One weather symbol a day, and a whole week to look back on.

๐Ÿ” Discoverยท10 minยทFreeยทAges 2โ€“5ยท๐Ÿ‘ถ Easyยท๐Ÿง‘ Light

โš ๏ธ Safety first

Stay in the room. Pens are for paper, and caps are a choking hazard.

You know your child best โ€” supervise the whole time and skip anything that isn't right for them. See our Terms.

Why this is good for your child

  • โœ“Observation
  • โœ“Routine

๐ŸŒฑ Montessori-inspired ยท Culture & Nature

What you need

Paper ยท Crayons

How to do it

  1. 1.Look out of the window together each morning.
  2. 2.Draw one small weather symbol on today's square.
  3. 3.Look back at the week on Sunday.

How it actually goes

โฑ 30-second set-up โ€”
Thirty seconds: put paper, crayons on a tray or a clear bit of floor, and sit down next to it before you call them over.
๐Ÿง‘ What you do โ€”
Show it once, slowly, without talking over yourself. Then hand it over and stop helping unless they ask.
๐Ÿ‘ถ What they do โ€”
Collect, look closely, and ask the questions.
โœ… What success looks like โ€”
At 2โ€“3 they'll do it their own way, not yours, and stop after five minutes. Both of those are fine.
๐Ÿงบ How to put it away โ€”
Everything back into one basket or tray, carried back to its spot by them. Naming the spot out loud is what makes it stick.
๐Ÿ“ˆ When they outgrow it โ€”
Older? Look one of the finds up in a book together afterwards.