If you’re looking for a new and exciting subject for your children to learn, consider teaching them about the weather. According to A Brighter Rainbow Learning Center, Billerica, Massachusetts’ leading center for early childhood education, teaching children about the weather is a great way to incorporate science lessons into their early development. 

Consider the following ways you can help your children learn about the weather:

• Keep A Weather Journal: One of the simplest ways weather can be integrated into early childhood education is by keeping a weather journal. Have your child write down or draw what they see happening outside each day. Over time, they’ll notice how the weather changes from month to month and from season to season.
• Observe The Outdoors: The best way to learn about the weather is to experience it first-hand. Go outside and let your children experience what is happening around them. Is it raining? Are there clouds moving by? Can they feel the wind blow? Spending time outdoors is a great way to let your children learn about the different types of weather.
• Take Daily Temperatures: Taking and recording the daily outdoor temperature is a fun way for children to see how the weather changes. After taking temperatures for a week or so, review the data with your child and discuss any patterns or changes with them.

• Grow Plants: Growing a small plant is an excellent way for children to learn about science and how the weather impacts the earth’s trees and plants. Start by letting your child plant multiple seeds in several pots, and place them in different levels of sunlight and heat. Water each and let your child see which environment their plants grow in the best.
• Teach Them Weather Safety: While weather can be exciting and fun, at times it can become dangerous. Teach your children about special precautions that should be taken in case of severe weather, like tornadoes, hurricanes, or even earthquakes.

For more fun science learning, consider enrolling your child in A Brighter Rainbow Learning Center’s preschool and daycare programs. There, they’ll have the opportunity to learn and explore everything from science and mathematics to arts and crafts, reading, and more. To learn about the early childhood education programs at A Brighter Rainbow Learning Center, give them a call today at (978) 670-9222, or visit them online to view their curriculum and learn more about their teaching strategies.