Who likes the rain?

These are just some fun stories for tots and young children. I especially like the multi-cultural science book. Sung with a few songs like "the rain is falling down, splash" and along with the cotton ball over a tray of water cloud activity and you have a great mini-lesson on rain. In the spring I would add April Rain Song by Langston Hughes.
The early childhood naturalist educator I worked with this morning made the lessons even more fun singing a song "if gumdrops fell like raindrops." and then she led a nature hike looking for signs of rain and plants and animals that thrive in the rain such as worms, lichen, and fungi. My favorite part was when she went to a grassy area and asked all the kids to touch it and say what they noticed.