Teach the students about wind by playing games.
As a preschool teacher, you're often charged with teaching students lessons based solely on their barrage of questions about the world they live in. For instance, the students may ask you about certain elements of the weather, such as the wind. To demonstrate how the wind works to your young students, play some wind games.
Float the Feather
Hand all of your students their own feathers. Demonstrate blow a feather up into the air by blowing air onto it through your mouth from below. The students then attempt to blow their feathers into the air as well. Once the kids get the hang of it, line them up behind a starting point and have them race to the opposite side of the play area while they continue to blow on their feathers to keep them in the air. The first player to reach the finish line wins the game. Tell the students that just like how they kept the feathers in the air using their breath, the wind can do the same and with more force.
Windy Weather
Place sheets of waxed paper on the top of a large table. Line the students up on one side of the table and give each of them a straw. Place a small drop of water in front of every student on the waxed paper. Have the students crouch down so that their mouths are level with the drops of water. When you say "Go," the students blow on their drops of water to move them to the other side of the table. The first player to get his drop of water to the other side of the table wins the game. Tell the students that the wind has the same ability of moving the rain in one direction as they have of moving the drops of water around using their straws and breath. If you do not have waxed paper, place cotton balls on the table for the kids to race using their straws.
Invisible Wind
On a particularly windy day, take your preschool students outside of the classroom to a large outdoor area. Blow up some balloons and hold them up into the air. When a strong wind comes, let the wind blow the balloons away. The students all run in the direction the wind blows to capture the balloons. The person who captures the most balloons wins the game. Tell the students that the wind, though invisible, has an incredible force at times that can blow anything in its direction. Ask the children from what direction the wind is blowing and what else the wind could blow away.
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