Rain Rain Stay And Play!

I had a slight hiatus from the blog, But we are back in business!

As Funshine Express is great about incorporating the weather changes in their curriculum, we decided to take a nature walk around the neighborhood. We concluded during our morning meeting, the weather was "sunny but there were some clouds" so our meteorologist told us it was partly cloudy. "Partly cloudy and warm" to be exact! While playing out back Andy noticed that our trees are still green but the neighbor's tree was changing colors. Perfect opportunity for an extension! We decided to go on a nature walk and compare the neighborhood trees. While we on our walk and collecting leaves that have fallen, it began to sprinkle! There was no lightning or thunder so instead of running back to the house, we enjoyed the rain.  Elizabeth decided to use a large leaf as her "brella". Then we found a puddle. We watched as the small rain drops fell in the water and created ripples. We tried dropping different sized rocks to compare the ripples. Then of course the kids got to jump in the puddle before we headed inside. We extended the water experiment more when we got back into the house. We used a deep cookie sheet filled with water and dropped items of various weights and sizes and it was a blast to see what splashed and what didn't. As well as what made bigger ripples than other objects. Usually, here in South Georgia, when there is rain there is also lightning and thunder, so boy did we take advantage of the rain-only rain!