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Weather theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A weather theme lesson plan for 2 year olds: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (about five minutes, standing up for the song), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for 2 year oldsThe whole weather week

A day of the weather theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “What is the weather like today? How do you know?” and sing “rain, rain, go away”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: weather wheel.
  4. Snack: Yogurt Parfait.
  5. Outside: wind check.
  6. Read Rain on the Hat, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter W picture page.

Weather circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What is the weather like today? How do you know?”
  4. Sing: Rain, Rain, Go Away.
  5. Read: Rain on the Hat (level 3).

Twos: about five minutes; stand up for the song.

Weather theme books

  • Rain on the Hat (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Rain falling on a hat, in a pattern.
  • Pit, Pat (level 0, free on peabody.kids): The sound of rain, for little ones to tap along.
  • Ben and the Blocks (level 3, free on peabody.kids): What to do on a rainy day indoors.
  • Fay and the Kite (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: a windy day and a kite.

Weather craft: Weather wheel

You need (4): paper plate, crayons, a paper arrow, a paper fastener (grown-up pushes it in).

  1. Draw sun, rain, wind and cloud in four parts of the plate.
  2. A grown-up fixes the arrow in the middle.
  3. Turn the arrow to today's weather each morning.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Twos: a grown-up pours the paint and holds the glue.

Weather song: Rain, Rain, Go Away

The words

Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Weather snack

Yogurt Parfait from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Yogurt → oat yogurt.

Letter W activities

WwW is for weather. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Twos: the picture page only; color it and say the word.

Outside activity: Wind check

Hold up a ribbon or a scarf. Is it still, gently moving, or flying? Tell the weather chart.

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Checked 2026-10-30