๐ Discover๐ฑ Montessori-inspired๐ฌ STEM๐ Nature
๐ค Today's Weather
One weather symbol a day, and a whole week to look back on.
Ages
2โ5
Duration
10 min
Cost
Free
๐ถ Kid challenge
Easy
๐ง Parent energy
Light ยท no prep
โ ๏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
- โObservation
- โRoutine
๐ฑ Montessori-inspired ยท Culture & Nature
What you need
PaperCrayons
How to do it
- 1Look out of the window together each morning.
- 2Draw one small weather symbol on today's square.
- 3Look back at the week on Sunday.
How it actually goes
The honest version โ including what "going well" looks like at this age.
- โฑ 30-second set-up
- 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.
- ๐ง What you do
- Show it once, slowly, without talking over yourself. Then hand it over and stop helping unless they ask.
- ๐ถ What they do
- Collect, look closely, and ask the questions.
- โ What success looks like
- At 2โ3 they'll do it their own way, not yours, and stop after five minutes. Both of those are fine.
- ๐งบ How to put it away
- Everything back into one basket or tray, carried back to its spot by them. Naming the spot out loud is what makes it stick.
- ๐ When they outgrow it
- Older? Look one of the finds up in a book together afterwards.