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SCIENCE FUN

This simple but FUN ACTIVITY shows preschoolers how moisture fills clouds until they are too full  and have to let the water fall back to the ground as rain.

Rainbows show up in lots of unexpected places, even in soap bubbles! Make a BUBBLE BOTTLE and explore how rainbows form.

CREATE

Have you watched the rain paint a picture? Save this PROJECT for a rainy day and see what you and the rain can create together.

This rainbow SALT TRAY will let you create rainbows over and over again. Just draw your picture then shake it away and make a new one!

Paint a picture with this homemade BAKING SODA PAINT and then use vinegar to make it “rain” on your painting.  What happens?

If you’d like to hang a rainbow in your window then this SUNCATCHER art activity is just the thing to make!

MUSIC AND mOVEMENT

COOK

Combine art and snack with this recipe for RAINBOW PAINTED TOAST. It’s super simple and easy for little hands to make!

One way to make sure you get all the vitamins and nutrients you need is to eat fruits and vegetables of many different colors! It’s called “Eating the Rainbow.” Kids will love turning their plate into a rainbow with this CREATIVE SNACK idea!

FINGERPLAYS AND rHYMES

I’m a Little Rainbow (tune “I’m a Little Teapot”)

I’m a little rainbow, (point to self) 

Way up high. (point to ceiling)

After it rains, (wiggle fingers like rain) 

Look in the sky. (shade eyes with hand; look up) 

You will see my colors, (point to eye) 

Oh so bright! From end to end, (use index finger to trace arch in air) 

I’m a lovely sight! (put both hands up, fingers spread)

Falling Raindrops

Raindrops, raindrops, falling all around.

Pitter-patter on the rooftops,

Pitter-patter on the ground.

Here is my umbrella,

It will keep me dry;

When I go walking in the rain,

I hold it up so high.