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Coloring a Rainy Day Mandala Using an Algorithm

April 4, 2022 By Deirdre

Rainy Day mandalas are fun to color. The mandalas in this set feature directions for coloring them on Blockly blocks. The pages give children a chance to work on following an algorithm as well as fine motor skills. Some of the pages are fewer weather elements on them than others. You can decide which page is best for each of your children.

Getting the Rainy Day Mandala Set

This set is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.

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Exploring the Rainy Day Mandala Set

Coloring a Rainy Day Mandala with an Algorithm

Raindrops

Before your children start following the algorithm steps, you may want to look at the mandala with them. Some of the pages have three different sizes of raindrops. Children may not have trouble selecting the large raindrops, the group of raindrops, and the remaining raindrops.

Rainbow Colors

If you want the children to color the rainbow in ROY G BIV colors, you may need to review them. The rainbow on the mandala has areas for red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. However, they could use their own order for the seven colors of the rainbow or just color up to blue. Although they could just choose their own colors to appear on the rainbow.

Coloring the Other Areas

While you could continue the coloring process by directing students as to what colors to use, they might enjoy coloring just as they want to.

More Algorithm Coloring Pages

Designing Pajamas with an Algorithm

Magical Creatures STEM Coding Algorithm Drawing Activity

How to Draw a Cat with an Algorithm Using Looping

Drawing a Cat with a Looping Algorithm

Kids Math -April Showers Printable Numbers

April 11, 2016 By Deirdre

This set of printable numbers featuring raindrops and umbrellas is perfect for exploring numbers in the month of April or as part of a weather unit. I have made it really easy for you to just print them and then cut out the pieces. Your kids will really enjoy matching the correct number of numbers to each number.

These April Showers Printable Numbers can be used in center, in small groups or one on one. They can be used one there own without the umbrellas to show number sequence from 1-10 and so much more.

More Ways to Use the Printable Numbers

- Sort into even and odd numbers
- Place in number order with some numbers missing. Have your children select the missing number and place them in the open spaces
- Sequence from 10 to 1
- Create number sentences like 1+2= 3. The plus sign and the equal sign can be cut out of paper
- Held up to give the answer to an oral or written word problem
- Laminated and the numbers can be filled with play dough snakes to practice making the number’s shape.

$Kindergarten Worksheets- Gold Coin Math Mats$

I have created a number of printable numbers sets that you may want to check out. All with sharing a set of numbers each of these have set of activities that can be done with them. Some of the activities are the same and others are different. Please take a moment to check each of them out. You will find more ways to use and explore the April Showers printable numbers by doing so.

Christmas Peppermint Numbers

New Year’s Counting Numbers

President’s Day Counting Numbers

Gold Coin Number Mats

Turkey Counting Numbers

Here are some wonderful math games I think you will love too:

Counting Bees- LEGO Math Printable

Let’s Create a Floor Graph and Collect Data Spinner Activity

Roll and Cover Ladybug Addition Mats

For even more math activities please check out my Early Learning board on Pinterest.

Science Experiment- Keeping Balls Afloat In Puddles

July 31, 2013 By Deirdre

Saturday morning started with pouring rain that drenched the grass making it swamp like and creating a huge puddle in our driveway. This is not unusual for us this summer we have had many mornings, afternoons and evenings that have been filled with rain. Normally JDaniel just jumps around in the puddles. Last Saturday I decided we would do a science experiment called keeping balls afloat.

Science Experiment

We have lots of play ball in our garage. There are real golf balls, plastic golf balls, ball leftover from having a ball pit, rubber bouncy balls, and a small rubber basketball leftover from a baby game of JDaniel’s. I quickly went inside and grabbed a few of them.

I asked JDaniel to drop all of them at the same time to see what would happen. He announced that they would all be pulled down by gravity. ( My husband has done several gravity activities with him.) “Beyond being pulled down,” I asked him.

We both watched as the balls make big and small splashes into the puddle. The heavier balls like the golf ball made a large splash. The lighter ball like the ball pit ball barely made a splash. “Well, they made a splash!” he announced.

“Beyond a splash,” I asked him. We kept our eyes on the balls and noticed that the golf ball was slightly submerged. Several of the others stayed afloat and started to float away from the landing spot.

“Can you keep them moving by jumping near them?” I asked JDaniel. “Let’s see!” he said. Sure enough, they all moved little and some moved a lot.

Can you keep them moving by running through the puddle?” I asked JDaniel. “Wow! I made a big current!” he announced.

“Did the balls that were floating continue to float or did they start to sink?” I asked him. “They continued to stay afloat and ran into the grass!” he commented.

We didn’t look at what would make the ball sink or push them under the water. We did talk about the weight of each ball and whether it was solid or air filled. I love talking science with JDaniel.

This science experiment looking at keeping balls afloat wasn’t planned. It was just a learning moment that came to mind as I watched JDaniel stomping through our wet yard. Sometimes unplanned lessons turn out to be really fun and filled with teachable moments.

What lessons are you learning this week?This post is linked to Alphabe Thursday.

Netflix Provides Rainy Day Fun

July 15, 2013 By Deirdre

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Netflix.

You have heard me talk on and on about how much rain we have had here lately. Having Netflix as an option for your children on rainy days is wonderful! After you have danced in the rain and played together all over the house, it is wonderful to sit back and watch a movie or show together. It can be a relaxing way to have rainy day fun.

Netflix offers a television series as well as movies for children. Their Netflix.com/Families features several new categories including Family Movie Night, Are We There Yet and TV for Curious Kids. I loved scrolling through to find shows JDaniel would love to watch. There lists of movies and TV shows for all kinds of special summer moments and days of rainy day fun.

JDaniel noticed right away that they had movies he had seen before and enjoyed like the Lorax. He also saw that Curious George (the television show) was available too. A documentary called African Wild looked interesting to him too. We had fun checking out all the different options on their curated lists.

We had a trouble this summer finding G-rated movies at the library to check out or go to see at the movie theater. Netflix gives parents that are looking for G- rated shows for their children access to the entertainment you will feel comfortable with them seeing.

I love the pop-up boxes that come up with you click on something you would like to watch that share the program’s rating and a little information about the show. That information along with how others have rated it helps me to be an informed parent.I am not suggesting that you shouldn’t dance in the rain, play games, read books and pretend play. Each of those is important for children. When you have done all of those things and you are looking for something to sit down and watch together, Netflix offers you shows you will enjoy watching.

You don’t have to just watch them at home. Netflix would be great to have assessed to as you sit in waiting rooms or visiting relatives this summer on a tablet or smartphone. Cooling off after being at the pool on a scorching day or having a family movie night after a busy day is also great times to enjoy a Netflix entertainment option on your computer.

Netflix.com/Families is a new destination designed to meet your family’s summertime entertainment needs. On Netflix.com/Families, parents can find lists of movies and TV shows for all kinds of special summer moments and rainy day fun days.

Visit www.Netflix.com/Families for more information on the best ways to stream as well as videos from families using Netflix.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Netflix.

A Rainy Day: Science Experiments

July 12, 2013 By Deirdre

A rainy day is perfect for science experiments and reading books about rain. We recently read several rainy day books and several rainy day. (We have had over ten days of rain.) You will find some of the other books with a rain theme that we read shared on the Who Likes the Rain? (Exploring the Elements)

We like rain at my house. JDaniel loves to jump in puddles and dance in the rain. I love to dance right along with him. We have had more than share lately as I mentioned. With all that rain came tons of questions about rain.

Rainy Day Questions like:

What do raindrops look like before they land on me?
Where do puddles come from?
Why do plants need rain?
How do snails get their shells?
Why does the air smell different after the rain?

These questions and several more are answered in this wonderful flap book for early readers. I learned a lot from reading this book with JDaniel and he understands a lot more about rain. We are going to have to look for other books in this series. The text is easy to understand and the questions are ones that my son loved knowing the answers to.

Science Experiments We Did to Explore This Book

Art-Related Science Experiment

A Rainy Day: Science Experiments -Who Likes Rain?

JDaniel and I decorated a construction paper umbrella with several different kinds of drawing tools. Chalk, magic markers, crayons, and a bingo marker were each used to decorate an umbrella.

The umbrellas were set in a broiler pan and then placed outside on a bench on our deck to wait for the rain. At first, there was only a small shower. I headed out to take pictures of our results and then left them outside to dry.

Then it rained again. This time it was a downpour. The artwork drastically changed after the downpour. The designs on all the umbrellas smeared and in some cases ran off. I need to disclose that I didn’t leave them out in the downpour for long after only a couple of minutes I scrambled outside to bring them in.

It was interesting to see what effect each type of rain had on the artwork.

Baking Ingredient Science Experiment

This experiment was done during a rainy day using the two storms on that day as the art-related science experiment. Several different baking ingredients from our pantry were placed into a silicone muffin tin.

We placed them on the same bench on the deck as the art project to save us from running all over the deck.

After the short shower, most of the ingredients looked a little damp and the colored sugar had started to run. The heavy rain caused a physical change to most of the ingredients. The Italian seasoning got puffed up a bit. The salt had absorbed the water. The cinnamon changed colors. The flour had craters in it from the raindrops. The sugar had gotten a little syrupy. The salt was a little puffier and didn’t display much water. The color sugar had a puddle of green in its cup.

JDaniel tasted them each and said the sugar tasted sweeter as did the colored sugar. The salt was still salty. He wasn’t willing to try the Italian season or the flour.

This experiment was wonderful for talking about physical and chemical changes that can happen to materials and ingredients when they come in contact with water.

While we were ready for some days of sunshine, some science experiments on a rainy day were fun.

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