Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Rain Songs!

Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day
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5 Little Raindrops
One little raindrop in the dark, dark sky.
Two little raindrops, watch the clouds roll by.
Three little raindrops go splat, splat, splat!
Four little raindrops, we'll need boots for that!
Five little raindrops and still no sun?
That's too much for us, we better run!
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(This is a great fingerplay song that the children will definitely try to repeat every time it's raining!)

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Puddle Game!

Puddle Jumping

Here is a large motor game that can be played inside or outside! The children will be asking to play it again and again! You can write sight words, number, or letters on the "puddles" to make it an all around learning experience.
I've played it multiple times and the children love it! It's a great movement game if it's raining outside to burn off some of that energy safely inside! I've used it with older children for learning their upper and lowercase letters and younger children just to practice jumping.
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Use blue construction paper and cut it into "puddles"
Tape them to the floor (close enough for children to jump from one to another) 
Have the children jump from one puddle to another
​**You can laminate them to save them for later or cover them on the floor with clear contact paper.*

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Rain Crafts!

Umbrella Craft

​Materials Needed:
blue construction paper
cupcake liners
pipe cleaners
blue paint
glue


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​Directions:

1. Fold the cupcake liners in half and glue them on the paper. 
2. Cut a pipe cleaner in half and bend it to create an umbrella handle.
3. Glue the pipe cleaner inside the folded cupcake liner.
4. Create fingerprint rain drops on and around the umbrellas.

**You could use pompoms instead of paint for raindrops if the children do not like paint on their fingers. (See example below)**
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Alternative to paint raindrops

Rain Stick Craft
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Materials Needed:
plastic bottle with a lid (a skinny and tall one works best)
lots of toothpicks or wooden skewers
small grains (quinoa, barley, rice, etc.)
funnel
hot glue gun with glue sticks


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Directions:

1. Fill the bottle with the toothpicks or skewers. Leave about an inch of space at the top of the bottle.
2. Using the funnel, pour in about an inch or two of the grains. 
3. Twist the lid on and shake or turn upside down to create the rain sound.
4. Add more toothpicks/skewers or grains if necessary to create the desired rain sound that you would like. 
5. Hot glue the lid onto the bottle when the sound is right.

 ​(For younger children, you could make it for them and they can explore the sounds it makes. This is a great sensory bottle idea for older infants.)

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