Kids Love To Learn About The Weather
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Kids Love Learning About The Weather
Do you remember much about being a kid? Most kids are fascinated by the weather. Their little brains are absorbing information like a sponge and they start noticing that the "outside" changes a lot. At a certain age, usually around 4 years old, they start putting all of the information that they've absorbed into perspective.
For instance, kids notice that those big fluffy white pillows in the sky, that their parents refer to as "clouds", are not always in the same place, are not always present and sometimes they're dark and scary looking. They notice that water falls out of the sky when it gets dark and there is a loud rumbling, scary noise overhead. Then they start wondering what all this stuff is and why is it taking place.
As a parent, one of the first things you should be teaching your children about, once they reach an inquiring age, is the weather. They know it happens, so teach them why and how it happens. This is a great base for all kinds of other learning. Children are naturally curious because everything is new to them. Take advantage of that as a parent. It's a great way to get them started learning the right way.
One method you can use to teach them about the weather is by building basic weather instruments with them. Tell them about the instrument, how it works, in very simple terms of course, and then ask them if they'd like to help you build a...whatever. As an example, you could build a weather vane together and explain how a weather vane tells people which direction the wind is blowing from. Explain that the weather often changes someplace far away and when the wind changes direction, it often means that the particular weather pattern that is changing in that faraway place will probably be coming to your area very soon. An example is in the Autumn, when the wind has been blowing from either the South or the West and it suddenly changes and begins blowing from the North, there's an excellent chance that colder weather will be arriving within a few hours.
Another project could be a bulb barometer that you could build easily out of water and some chemical containers. Help the child to understand what "pressure" is and how it affects the weather. Make it easy for them to understand that Low pressure areas usually mean stormy weather and High pressure areas will most likely accompany fair or sunny weather.
If you don't know this information yourself, it's an awesome opportunity for both of you. There's a great weather forecasting web site with lots of information for kids and their parents. Information such as this is available all over the Internet and is readily available for helping children and adults learn more about Earth's constantly changing atmospheric conditions.
Weather instruments are natural learning magnets for kids. If you'll teach them what each of the weather instruments is used for and how it's used, they get a much better understanding of how the atmosphere works. This prepares them for both life and academia, not to mention it makes your kid the envy of all the kids in the neighborhood.
Weather is much more exciting than it sounds. There are reasons why different weather conditions occur and you and your child can form a close bond by discovering and exploring the weather together.
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