Today is Rain Day!

Rain is important for the earth. The water helps plants grow, refills our rivers, lakes, and oceans, and provides fresh water for drinking.

Celebrate rain with experiments like

• Water cycle in a bag
• Make it rain in a jar
• Create a rain stick
• Use a watering can to rain water down on plants
• Run through man-made rain (a sprinkler)
• Drink a tall glass of cold water and talk about how water helps your body. It helps protect your joints, spinal cord; helps your stomach digest food; helps keep your body temperature at the right level; makes your skin glow; helps blood flow better; prevents headaches; and even helps you be less cranky.
• Chat about signs of dehydration (lack of water in your body). These include feeling dizzy, headaches, dry mouth, cracked or chapped lips, and thirst.
• Talk about fun walks in the  light rain with no lightning and splashing in puddles after the rain.
• Chat about how we need rain to see a rainbow.
• Make a splash with a water balloon toss.

Going without rain causes a drought, That’s hard on people.

In the Bible the people of Israel had a three year drought that caused people and animals to starve because plants couldn’t grow and they didn’t have enough water to drink. Read about it in 1 Kings 17, 18:1, 41-46.

Have a wet day!

Karen Whiting