The Best Popular Film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Sony Pictures Animation, 2009, 1 hour 30 minutes, PG General Information: Cloudy with a Chance of meatballs follows inventor Flint Lockwood and his invention that turns water into food. Flint accidentally releases his machine into the atmosphere. This causes it to rain food. The mayor … Continue reading Weather Safety Kindergarten Media Resources-Popular Film
Internet Resources For Kindergarten Students, Parents, and Teachers Internet Source For Students General Information: Planit Now: Young Meteorologist Program This website takes the students through an interactive game and quest called the Severe Weather Preparedness Adventure. This would work great in a Kindergarten classroom because there is no reading about the weather, the meteorologists talk … Continue reading Kindergarten Weather Safety Internet Resources
Documentary for Kindergarten Weather Safety The Best Documentary Film BBC Earth’s “Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey” BBC Two. 2012. Three episodes (30 minutes each episode) General Information: This series of documentaries cover a wide range of facts about the Earth’s voyage around the sun, and the way the atmosphere moves. This documentary is fascinating, and discusses … Continue reading Weather Safety Media Resources for Kindergarten-Documentary
Mikaela Michalsen and Callie VanAelst Interactive App General Information: The name of this awesome app is called “Kid Weather.” This app was created by a six-year old and his dad who is a meteorologist. Kid Weather. 2014. Version 2.2. $1.99. http://www.kidweatherapp.com/ This is an interactive app that is “power packed with real-time weather conditions, forecasts, … Continue reading Weather Safety Interactive App for Kindergartners
Mikaela Michalsen and Callie VanAelst BEST FICTION BOOK General Information Little Critter: Just a Big Storm by Mercer Mayer. Published by HarperFestival on March 5, 2013. This book is the best fiction book to teach weather safety to Kindergarteners because the illustrations are vibrant and make following along easy. Also, the reading level is developmentally … Continue reading Weather Safety for Kindergarten; Books (Fiction & Non-Fiction)