🌍 Science & Nature

What's the Weather?

Ages 3–5

You will learn

Name five kinds of weather and choose the right clothes for each.

Before you start

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Quick answer

Weather is what the air outside is like each day. It can be sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy or snowy, and it can change from day to day.

Let’s learn

Weather is what it is like outside: hot or cold, wet or dry, still or windy.

Kinds of weather

  • ☀️ Sunny: the sun is shining and it may be hot.
  • ☁️ Cloudy: clouds cover the sky.
  • 🌧️ Rainy: water falls from the clouds.
  • 💨 Windy: the air moves fast. Leaves blow around!
  • ❄️ Snowy: it is so cold that tiny ice flakes fall instead of rain.

What should I wear?

Weather Wear
☀️ Sunny and hot sun hat, light clothes
🌧️ Rainy raincoat, boots
❄️ Snowy warm coat, hat, gloves

Check what you know

Choose an answer, then press Check. You can try again if you need to.

  1. 1 Drops of water are falling from the clouds. What is the weather?
  2. 2 What should you wear on a cold, snowy day?
  3. 3 The trees are moving and kites can fly. What is the weather?
  4. 4 What helps keep you safe on a hot, sunny day?

Try this next

Be a weather reporter! Look outside every morning for a week and draw the weather each day.