A: Ma’am it’s raining!
Me: How do you know that? Can you see it?
A (and others in chorus): We can hear it.
Me: Why can’t you see it?
A: Is white, no color (perhaps indicating transparent)
Suddenly the rain pours
A: Is loud.
Me: What does that mean?
T: It means it is coming fast, fast
R: I can even see it now!
Suddenly it stops.
A: Ma’aaam, it stopped
Me: How do you know that?
T: No sound
Me: Do you think it will come back to play with all of you?
They all laugh and giggle and we continue our song.
Children feel closely connected with nature and puzzle over natural phenomena and try to make sense of it all! They feel joy in feeling like they have control over it and they can predict and understand it.
Do any of you have children’s rain stories to share?
Written by Sreeja Iyer, CEO & Co-founder, Sparkling Mindz Global School & Preschool
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