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Weather and Mood Journal

20 minutes

Social-Emotional

Explore how different weather makes us feel and create a personal weather mood journal.

Learning Objectives

Recognize connections between weather and emotions
Develop emotional vocabulary and self-awareness
Practice expressing feelings through words and pictures
Understand that different people may feel differently about the same weather

Activity Instructions

1
Begin by discussing how weather can affect how we feel
2
Show students different weather pictures and ask how each makes them feel
3
Introduce feeling words: happy, sad, excited, cozy, energetic, calm, worried
4
Give each student a weather mood journal
5
Help students create their first journal entry about current weather
6
Use emotion stickers and drawings to express weather feelings
7
Discuss how the same weather might make different people feel differently
8
Practice using feeling words to describe weather responses
9
Plan to continue journaling throughout the weather unit

Assessment Criteria

Students can identify how weather affects their feelings
Students use feeling words to describe weather responses
Students create weather mood journal entries
Students understand that people may feel differently about weather

Materials Needed

Small journals or booklets
Emotion face stickers
Crayons and colored pencils
Weather stickers
Small mirrors
Feeling words chart

Preparation Steps

Prepare small journals with weather and mood pages
Set up emotion face stickers and feeling words chart
Create sample journal entry to show students
Arrange mirrors for self-reflection activities

Teaching Tips

Validate all weather feelings as normal and acceptable
Use simple feeling words appropriate for kindergarten
Encourage students to express feelings through multiple modalities
Connect weather moods to self-care and coping strategies

Extension Activities

Continue daily weather mood journaling
Create class weather mood charts
Connect weather moods to art and music activities
Share weather mood experiences with families

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