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Toddler - Gardens: Raindrops
Children will discover how raindrops are formed and explore ways to learn about
3 states of water: liquid, solid, and gas.
Spanish Conversation
Las gotas de lluvia caen. Raindrops fall.
El vapor subre a las nubes. Water vapor rises to the clouds.
Vocabulary:
sol (sun) lluvia (rain) nube (cloud) vapor (vapor) gota (drop)
Math
- Patterning: Create simple AB patterns using cloud / raindrop.
- Counting drops: Color water with blue food coloring. Then, using a dropper count drops of water that fall.
Science, Sensory, Art
- Discuss the cycle of rain.
- Experiment with 3 states of water (liquid, solid and gas)
-Demonstrate how water evaporates by leaving a glass with small amount of water, or a wet object in the sun.
- Play with water using a sink, colander and water dropper.
- Paint using spray bottles filled with colored water.
- Paint using the dropper and different colored water paints.
- Create clouds using cotton.
Fine / Gross Motor
- Paint using sponges
- Fingertip painting
- Using a dropper, squeeze to absorb water and then release the water.
- Use crayons to color in the outline of a raindrop.
Songs
Check out our Downloads & Music page for fun songs & videos!
There are 3 Spanish versions of the Itsy Bitsy Spider. We’ve added all three to our list so you can decide which one is your favorite!
La Arana Pequeñita
https://youtu.be/rriKUtqPJmM
La arana pequeñita subió, subió, subió. Vino la lluvia y se la llevó.
Salió el sol y todo lo secó.
Y la araña pequeñita subió, subió, subió.
Spanish Version 2: https://youtu.be/E8gpJpFlTLM
Spanish Version 3: https://youtu.be/ldT5L9YDh8E
