Choose one of the activities or activity sets outlined in this module:
This lesson is based on the assumption that we have been covering the topic of weather in the classroom. It is also based on my special educational needs setting.
*Hands-on classroom themed activities*
Learning objective: To name and recognise different types of weather conditions.
Introduction: we would sing the weather song that easily breaks down the weather in Lámh signs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADfEZt7HumQ
After singing the song the children, in pairs, will ask their friends what’s the weather like today using the Lámh signs from the video.
Activity 1: Teacher asks the children to lightly jog around the room, when teacher calls out a weather sample the children stop and do the Lámh action. (sunny cloudy rainy windy snowy)
Activity 2: We would then make a sensory bottle. Asking the children what materials do they think could best represent the different types of weather.
Cotton balls- clouds
glitter-rays of sunshine
blue water- rain with small blue beads for rain drops
feathers- wind
snow-small white foam balls
Ask the children to shake the bottles gently to see how the different materials interact inside. encourage students to describe what they see.
Add in a music element whereby the children have to move and shake the bottle in rhythm to the music. We could sing “Mr. Sun sun Mr. golden sun” and “Rain rain go away…”
Conclusion: I would wrap up the lesson with a calming activity. I would do a guided visualisation where the children close their eyes and imagine themselves in a peaceful weather scene, a sunny day at the beach changing to a gentle rain shower in the garden, a winter wonderland surrounded by glistening snowflakes gently falling from the sky, the crunching sound of the snow on their feet and the cold crisp air on their cheeks etc.