Rainy Day Activity for the Kids

Summer at the lake is full of fun in the sun: days on the water boating; swimming; picking berries.  But sometimes it rains.  The next time you and the kids are inside on a rainy day try catching raindrops!  Here are three great ways to capture and study raindrops with kids.

• Place a peice of contruction paper out in the rain for a short time.  The drops falling on the paper will be of different sizes.  Have your kids compare the different sizes or try to connect the “dots” to make different shapes.
• Take an oven proof plate of flour (sifted is best but any flour will do) about half an inch deep out into the rain.  Collect drops until the surface of the flour is well pitted.  Place the plate in a warm oven for about an hour.  When you take the plate out have the kids carefully dig out the “rain-drops”.  They will love finding the little hard flour shapes.  Now really, how many are teardrop shaped?