By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
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Learn how water goes up to the sky ☁️✓
Learn how rain comes down 🌧️✓
Say the water cycle steps! 🔁
Let's get our brains ready first!
Wiggle your fingers like falling rain! 🌧️🤸
- ⭐Wiggle your fingers high up like sun rays, then drop them down like rain! ☀️🌧️
- ⭐Say 'drip, drip, drop!' three times! 💧💧💧
The sun lifts water up to make clouds, and clouds make rain fall back down! ☀️☁️🌧️🔍 What to Notice
- Wow, look at our picture!
- 🌟 In the corner is a big yellow Sun ☀️.
- The Sun warms the blue water at the bottom.
- The water goes UP with the green dotted arrow!
- 💧 Up high we see fluffy purple Clouds ☁️.
- When the cloud is full, little blue raindrops fall down — splish splash rain!
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Talk About It
1Can you point to the yellow Sun? ☀️
2What color are the clouds? ☁️
How does water get up to the clouds? 🤔
✗Thinking rain comes from nowhere. 🤷
Rain comes from clouds! The Sun made the clouds from water first. ☁️
✗Thinking water only falls down. ⬇️
Water goes UP too! The Sun lifts it up, then it falls down. It's a circle! 🔄
☔Rain falls from clouds to water the grass and flowers! 🌸
🫖Steam from a hot cup rises up, just like water going to the sky! ☁️
Test your understanding — tap an answer to check:
Q1. What falls down from clouds? ☁️
Q2. Where does water go when it gets warm? ☀️
- 1.Water goes up to the sky when it's warm! ☀️⬆️
- 2.Clouds hold the water until it rains! ☁️💧
- 3.The water cycle goes round and round forever! 🔁🌟