In short, I am busy: Rain

Flannelboards, Manipulatives, and Storytelling

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Rhymes, songs, and movement

• Rain on the Green Grass
• Little Brown Seed
• Five little flowers

Vocabulary and concepts

• Repetition, counting
• Animal habits in the rain

Crafts and Extension Activities

• Elephant ear bookmarks - tie in to having listening ears, listening to the rain, etc.

Toddler Listeners (*nonfiction)

• The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri

Preschool Listeners (*nonfiction)

• Mushroom in the rain by Mirra Ginsburg
• Duck and Hippo in the rainstorm by London
• Boom! Boom! Boom! by Jamie Swenson
• Blue on blue by White

School-age Listeners (*nonfiction)

• *When rain falls by Melissa Stewart
• Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
• When the rain comes by Alma Fullerton