DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAIN CONCEPT MAP

PHYSICAL: Fine Motor PERSONAL/ SOCIAL/ EMOTIONAL PHYSICAL: Gross Motor

- Water play- use different sized and shaped
containers to poke holes in and create the effect of
rain and the different intensities of rain- other
utensils such as strainers
- Experiment with different materials in clear bags to
predict how clouds would feel
- Create bottles of water with different materials
inside to see how they react when they are shaken
up to resemble the effects of a storm/ wind/ in
rain- all the differences of weather
- Make a rain cloud in a jar and watch the coloured
food dye drip through shaving cream into the water
- Use sponges and other materials to absorb water
from a water trough to understand the motion of
clouds and how they hold water
- Use play dough to create aspects of weather
(cloud, sun, rain)
- Use straws to race items by blowing through to push
various items
- Use various materials to create a fan- compare the
strongest fans by fanning one another
- Create a wind chime and test it with a friend
- Children will have two tubs of clay to show the effects of
prolonged heat from the sun in sunny weather
- Children will consider the effects of being out in sunny
weather by devising a ‘hat’ to cover their entire face
- Children will use water paints and straws to create a
portrait of their wild hair after being in wind
Concept: Weather Term: 1 Weeks: 1-4
- Create a rain stick with different materials
inside the sticks to create different sounds
for children, provide prompts to guess the
materials to create heavy and light rain
- Use utensils to draw on a surface to imitate
the effects of rain falling
- Create cloud dough for children to
experiment with the appearance and
possible texture of clouds
- Children will be able to experiment with
kites and wind in the sky

COGNITIVE/ LANGUAGE SPIRITUAL/ MORAL

CREATIVE/ AESTHETIC
- Shaving foam painting on blue paper to create
clouds in the sky
- Cotton balls- experiment with the different effects
from cotton balls being pulled and squished to
represent different types of clouds
- Create rainbow bags with hair gel and food
colouring- children can add their own colours and
explore the change of colours when held against
the light like a rainbow
- Use cotton balls and paint/ dye droppers to paint
rain falling from the clouds as it drips through the
cotton balls
- Collect objects from outside/ in the garden, and - Weather yoga with cards stating actions
experiment with different types of wind to blow the that resemble different types of weather
objects around experimenting with the force of wind - Outside meditation
according to the weight of the object - Create suncatchers for children to
- Use torches to create shadows on the wall and experiment experiment with the idea of light and the
with the movement of the torch as the movement of the calming use of colour and pattern it will
sun create
- Create a book corner with books across multiple different
types of weather and what some activities may look like in
each
- Set up a drawing station for children to observe and explain
what they see outside and draw the weather of the day
- Use a weather chart for children to sort Velcro shapes and
pictures that relate to different weather, ask them to base
it on the weather from outside
- Children will consider the process of melting ice-blocks
from the heat of the sun