If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Right?
Its a chilly, rainy day out. But the rain has a purpose. The grass is bright and greem, colorful flowers are popping up everywhere, the birds are dancing and singing, and everything smells so clean and fresh.
This morning while A napped E and I took a walk. It was misting out, but in the 60’s so not too cold. We splashed in puddles, talked about the flowers, whether the birds were happy or not, and just enjoyed the Spring rain. We even sat out cups to collect the rain water.
Back home we curled up at the table and read Rain by Marion Bauer. Its a cute story, with simple words, and he can understand it. We talked, a little, about the water “recycling”. He was pretty fascinated that the snow had melted, went up to the clouds, and now came back down as rain. There’s magic in nature for little kids. I love that.
Then we pulled out the waterpaints and painted what we saw from our walk. While mine was a normal picture of grass and flowers, E’s was a swirling blend of greens, pinks, blues, and yellows. There were no lines or shapes or finite objects. Just colors.
rain, 
rain water, 
Spring, 
nature, 
preschooler, 
homeschool
