Drizzle and Rainy Day Play

“Drizzle happiness wherever you go.”  A.D. Posey

Drizzle, damp and dreary weather may not have you excited for getting out into the outdoors with your children! In this blog post I want to share a few ideas of how you can turn the situation around and find joy on these types of days!

There is no such thing as bad weather only unsuitable clothing!

Embrace the rain! Dress for it - don the rainsuits and wellies, grab your brollies and go for a walk in the rain, splashing in the puddles as you go.

Walking under trees in the rain you can listen to the rain hitting the leaves above you. Look at the clouds, what colour are they? What can you smell? 

Embrace the rain and play with your water wall - these are easy to make with old guttering and a wooden pallet. Perhaps re create the nursery rhyme Ice Wincy Spider.

You don't have to be out for long.

When you get back from your adventures outside here are some cosy and warm ideas to enjoy:

1. Discuss why it rains and weather in general - perhaps this will start a new inquiry?
   
   
   
2. Talk about rain and why we need the rain to water our gardens and plants.
3. Perhaps the children could draw some rainy day pictures.
4. Watch the rain through the window.
5. Leave a tuff tray out in the rain to collect the rain water - then play out with that rain water later!
   
   
6. Make soup and enjoy with some warm crusty bread.
7. Bake something sweet.
8. Talk about how rain makes us feel and why.
9. Sing the nursery rhyme Ince Wincy Spider
   
   
10. Read a book about weather or rain
11. Explore rainbows
    
    

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