Water Cycle Week in our kindergarten classroom was an exciting and educational experience, filled with hands-on activities and engaging lessons.

On Monday, we kicked off the week by setting up our classroom with a Water Cycle alphabet bump game, where students had fun matching letters while learning about the water cycle. The math table featured a water cycle math bump game with 10-sided dice, adding a new twist to our math practice.

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Our sensory table was transformed into an aquatic adventure, complete with rocks, water, and fish, promising to be the highlight and messiest part of the week!

To tie in with our theme, we started the day by reading “Drop an Adventure through the Water,” which set the stage for our learning. We then brainstormed all the things we could think of that start with the letter “W,” incorporating literacy into our day. No letter introduction is complete without a kinesthetic learning component, so we made “W’s” out of playdough, reinforcing letter recognition and formation.

Our day continued with a directed drawing of a watermelon, a fun and creative activity that also tied into our theme.

We finished off the day with an investigation into volume using water, exploring different-sized containers and beakers to see what we could learn about capacity.

On Tuesday, we delved deeper into the water cycle by learning about clouds and how they form. After reading a book about clouds, we got creative and made cloud art with shaving cream and glue, adding an artistic element to our science lesson.

Unfortunately, I had to be off for the remainder of the week, but the learning continued with a focus on fairy tales. Students enjoyed fun read-alouds and even created their own fairy tale books at their reading level, participating in the learning with the TOC.

Overall, Water Cycle Week was a fantastic learning experience that combined science, literacy, math, and creativity in a fun and engaging way. The students had a blast while learning about the water cycle and other related topics, making memories that will last a lifetime.