Weather Lesson Plan for Kindergarten: Seasons and Daily Weather

This free weather lesson plan helps Kindergarten students observe daily weather, understand seasons, and explain how weather affects what people wear and do. Students become young weather reporters as they watch the sky, record patterns, and share their observations with classmates.

Overview

In this Kindergarten weather lesson plan, students investigate weather through observation, discussion, drawing, and simple experiments. They identify sunny, cloudy, rainy, and windy conditions and connect weather to clothing, outdoor activities, and safety. Over multiple days, students keep a class weather record, explore seasons, and model parts of the water cycle using concrete demonstrations.

Subject Connections

Science is the primary focus as students observe patterns in nature and describe environmental changes. English Language Arts supports the lesson as students listen, speak, and describe their observations. Art helps students represent weather visually through drawings, while mathematics appears briefly when students count and compare types of weather on charts.

Learning Goals

• Recognize common types of weather
• Identify the four seasons and basic characteristics
• Describe how weather affects clothing and activities
• Observe and record daily weather changes
• Explain simple parts of the water cycle using concrete examples
• Speak clearly when reporting observations

Materials

• Chart paper
• Weather picture cards
• Paper and crayons
• Clear plastic cup or jar
• Water and ice
• Cotton balls
• Flashlight
• Globe or ball
• Clothing items (coat, hat, umbrella, sunglasses)

Preparation

• Create a daily weather chart with simple symbols
• Prepare a space near a window for observation
• Place clothing props in a basket
• Fill a clear cup halfway with water for later experiment

Teaching Procedure

Each session fits a standard class period of 30–40 minutes.

Session 1 – Introducing Weather

1. Teacher shows clothing items and asks when each would be worn. Students sort items into weather groups and explain their choices.
2. Activity: Weather Watch. Teacher leads students outside or to a window and models how to look at the sky, feel the air, and listen for sounds. Using a picture chart and crayons, students draw the current weather and orally describe one thing they notice.
3. Teacher records the class weather report on chart paper. Students repeat the sentence together, producing a shared weather statement.

Session 2 – Seasons

1. Teacher displays seasonal images. Students group pictures and discuss what makes them belong together.
2. Teacher names the four seasons and explains one characteristic of each. Students draw their favorite season and one activity they do in that season.
3. Activity: Dress for the Day. Teacher announces a type of weather. Students choose a clothing card and explain why it matches the weather, demonstrating understanding.

Session 3 – Day and Night

1. Teacher darkens part of the room and uses a flashlight and globe to model sunlight. Students observe and identify day and night.
2. Students move the globe while teacher holds the flashlight. Students point to where it is daytime and nighttime and explain what they see.
3. Students draw one activity they do during the day and one at night and share their drawings.

Session 4 – Wind and Clouds

1. Teacher asks students how they know it is windy. Students share experiences and demonstrate with body movements.
2. Students create cotton-ball clouds and place them on a sky chart labeled sunny or cloudy.
3. Activity: Wind Test. Outside, students hold paper strips or streamers while the teacher directs them to face different directions. Students show how the wind moves the strips and report what they noticed.

Session 5 – Water and Rain

1. Teacher shows a cup of water and marks the level. Students predict what will happen if it sits near a window.
2. Teacher demonstrates condensation using ice in a jar. Students observe water droplets forming and describe what they see.
3. Students create a drawing of rain falling from clouds and dictate a sentence explaining where rain comes from.

Assessment

• Participation in weather observations
• Accuracy of daily weather drawings
• Ability to match clothing to weather
• Oral explanation of weather patterns
• Simple explanation of rain formation

Differentiation

• Provide picture choices for emerging speakers
• Allow partner reporting for shy students
• Offer sentence starters for explanations
• Provide extra observation time for students who need processing support

Grade Adaptation

Kindergarten students observe and describe weather using simple language and drawings. For Pre-K students, reduce recording expectations and focus only on identifying sunny, rainy, and cloudy days with pictures. For Grade 1 students, add written weather sentences and introduce basic vocabulary such as temperature and precipitation.

Extension Ideas

• Create a weekly weather reporter role
• Graph the number of sunny and rainy days
• Compare today’s weather with yesterday’s
• Plant seeds and observe growth during different weather