Weather Bump! games give preschool and kindergarten students a fun, competitive way to learn weather words! This set includes 4 unique weather Bump! games with everything you need to make them into file folder games, plus Spin & Graph sheets for extra weather practice.

Children spin the spinner, name the weather and find the matching picture on the game board, then try to bump other players off their spaces. Each game board comes with a word spinner and a second picture spinner, so readers and children who are not yet ready to read can play the same game. You can store the games in file folders or simply print them on card stock and keep them in your usual manner.

With these weather Bump! games, you get

• 4 unique weather Bump! games in full color
• The same 4 games in black and white
• A word spinner and a picture spinner for every game board
• Everything you need to make file folder games
• Weather Spin & Graph sheets

Print, spin and start bumping!

What's Included

• 4 unique weather Bump! games in full color
• 4 identical weather Bump! games in black and white
• File folder game elements for each game: cover with instructions, tab label, spinner, game board and a pocket for the Spin & Graph sheets
• A second spinner for each Bump! game board with weather pictures in place of words
• Weather Spin & Graph sheets with pictures of the weather terms

Why Teachers Love It

• Built-in differentiation: Word spinners and picture spinners let every child play, whether they are reading yet or not.
• Color or black and white: Choose full color for bright centers or black and white for ink-friendly printing.
• File folder ready: Covers, tab labels and pockets make the games easy to store and grab.
• No file folder required: Print on card stock or laminate and store the games however you like.
• Math connection: Spin & Graph sheets add weather graphing to your science center.
• Friendly competition: Bumping other players keeps children excited to take one more turn.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Weather vocabulary: Children name weather such as sunshine, rainbows, clouds, rain and snow.
• Reading weather words: The word spinners give early readers practice reading weather terms.
• Picture matching: Children who are not yet reading match picture to picture with the picture spinners.
• Graphing: The Spin & Graph sheets let children record and compare their weather spins.
• Visual discrimination: Children look closely to find the weather picture that matches their spin.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Taking turns
• Waiting during group play
• Following directions
• Maintaining attention
• Communicating choices
• Building confidence during group participation

How to Use It

Step 1: Print the games in color or black and white. Assemble each one inside a file folder with its cover, tab label, spinner and Spin & Graph pocket, or print on card stock and laminate for durability.

Step 2: Choose the word spinner or the picture spinner for each group. Players take turns spinning, naming the weather and finding a matching picture on the game board.

Step 3: Keep the Spin & Graph sheets with the game so children can spin and graph the weather for more practice.

Easy Differentiation

Young learners come to weather vocabulary with very different reading skills. These games are easy to adjust for each child.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Use the picture spinner so children match picture to picture
• Name each weather picture together before playing
• Play one-on-one with an adult or a helper
• Start with the Spin & Graph sheets, which use pictures only

For On-Level Practice

• Use the word spinner with children who are beginning to read
• Have children say each weather word aloud as they spin
• Play in small groups or with partners

For an Extra Challenge

• Ask children to use each weather word in a sentence
• Talk about which weather showed up most on the Spin & Graph sheet
• Have children describe the weather outside and find it on the board

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Practice weather words with the picture spinner
• Use a sentence frame such as "It is ___."
• Let children point to the matching picture when speaking is hard
• Give extra processing time on each turn

Perfect For

• Weather units
• Science centers
• Preschool and pre-K classrooms
• Kindergarten small groups
• Partner games
• File folder game collections
• Indoor recess
• Homeschool

Standards

These weather Bump! games support the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and Virginia's Early Learning and Development Standards, plus kindergarten standards in the NGSS, the TEKS (Science, adopted 2021; Math, adopted 2012), the Virginia Science SOL (2018), the Virginia English SOL (2024) and Common Core:

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS K.MD.B.3: Classify objects into categories and count how many are in each, as on the Spin & Graph sheets.

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines

• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.VI.C.3: Observe and describe what happens during changes in the earth and sky, such as rain, snow and sunshine.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.II.D.1: Use a wide variety of words to label and describe, including weather words.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.2: Collect data and organize it in a graph with the Spin & Graph sheets.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Science K.10.B: Observe and describe weather changes from day to day and over seasons.
• TEKS Math K.8.B: Use data to create real-object and picture graphs.

Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards

• Virginia ELDS CD1.1: Pay attention to the natural world by naming and talking about the weather.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD1.2: Use vocabulary to communicate while naming the weather on each spin.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Science K.9.a: Investigate daily weather as one of the patterns in nature.
• VA SOL English K.RV.1.C: Use vocabulary from across content areas, including weather words.

Next Generation Science Standards

• NGSS K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions, building the weather words children need to describe them.

Add the Weather Bump! Games to your cart and give your students a fun, ready-to-play way to learn weather words. Print the version you need, choose a spinner and watch even your youngest learners talk about the weather with confidence!

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