If you’re planning to teach a lesson about weather with your class, this is what you need. A comprehensive collection of weather EFL ESL teaching resources to prepare a fun and effective lesson for your class. Whatever their age or level of English, there is something here for you. For preschool and primary / elementary aged children, I have lots of songs and creative art and craft projects about weather. For older classes and teenagers, I’ve found some more challenging games and activities. If you have any favorite teaching materials about weather that you think would be helpful to add, let me know. And if you are a creator of materials and have something different from the things I’ve included here, send me a message and I’ll include them too.
EFL ESL weather songs
Let’s start with some songs. You can find a lot of ideas in my collection of my favorite Weather songs to use in class so have a look at that. But here are some other songs about weather that might be useful in your class.
- How’s the Weather? by Maple Leaf Learning – my absolutely most used song when I do weather classes or even just at the beginning of a class
- How’s the Weather? by Super Simple Songs – an alternative song to ask about weather that works well with smaller children
- Weather Word Power by Pinkfong! – if you want something a bit more energetic, then this is another good general weather song
Weather flashcards
I’ve made you some very easy to use basic GoogooEnglish weather game cards. They can be used in any weather lesson or game and are free to download here.
Weather Flashcards by Flashcards for Kindergarten – Easy to recognize colorful and printable flashcards for young children. There is also a free weather poster to download that would be useful for weather themed lessons or even just for the beginning of a class to ask what the weather is like.
Seasons and Weather Flashcards by ESL Flashcards – These cards give more options for different kinds of weather and also for seasons. You can use these to encourage the kids to make longer sentences, e.g. In winter it is cold and it snows. You can print them with or without text and in different sizes.
EFL ESL weather worksheets
- Weather crossword and word search by ESL Kids Lab
- Weather worksheets by ESL Kids World – lots of different worksheets that are useful for older kids
- Kindergarten Weather and Seasons worksheets – a collection of worksheets for preschool kids
EFL ESL games and activities about weather
- Winter activities by GoogooEnglish – Lots of fun ideas for winter and snow themed games activities to do with your class
- Weather Dominoes by Gru Languages – a fun matching game to practice weather vocabulary
- Weather Wheel Activity by Maple Leaf Learning – make a weather wheel to use in class to talk about the weather
- Mobile Collection by Craftulate- a fun art project to make weather mobiles to decorate your classroom
- Weather Activities for the classroom by Teaching Special Thinkers – a huge collection of different weather themed activities to do with preschool and younger primary aged kids.
- ESL Games and Activities by ESL Speaking – some ideas to do with older kids and teenagers to practice speaking about weather
EFL ESL weather themed lesson plans
Here are some full lesson plans based on different weather themes to do with the kids in your classes.
- How’s the weather? by GoogooEnglish – a fun weather lesson for preschool and primary aged kids to practicing asking about the weather and learn all about different kinds of weather. Lots of songs, fun games and activities as well as free flashcards to download
- Build a snowman by GoogooEnglish – whether you have real snow or not, this is a fun lesson plan to learn about snowmen and how to build them
- How’s the weather? by Games4ESL – a lesson plan to ask about and talk about the weather with flashcards, games and songs
- Weather lesson plan by ESL Kid Stuff – a complete lesson plan with ideas for games, songs and practice
Books for children about weather
Let’s finish off this collection of Weather EFL ESL teaching resources with some books. You could use these for a story time at the end of the lesson or even base a whole lesson on one book and retell the story together.
Snow
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats – this is a lovely book about a little boy discovering the snow in the city. You can watch a video of the story The Snowy Day Read-aloud. You could use it to talk about fun activities to do in the snow or about how the snow makes you feel?
- Once Upon a Northern Night by Jean E. Pendziwol, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault – You can watch a video with music of the story Once Upon a Northern Night. This beautifully illustrated story shows everything that can happen in a snowy night. Animals come out to eat and to play and the northern lights illuminate the snowy landscape. Can you invent a story about the animals in the snow? What can they see? What do they do?
Rain and storms
- TAP TAP BOOM BOOM by Elizabeth Bluemle – Find a reading of it here. What sounds does a thunderstorm make? You can have lots of fun with this book reenacting the sounds of a storm as it arrives.
- Rain by Linda Ashman, illustrations by Christian Robinson – Find a read aloud here. Do you like the rain? Does it make you feel happy or sad? This book has lovely illustrations and is really fun to read. It compares the reactions of the little boy who loves the rain and the man who really doesn’t. What will happen when they meet up?
Sun and wind
- A Year with the Wind by Hanna Konola – Find a read aloud here. This book looks at how the wind changes during the year so it’s useful if you’re learning the names of the months or the seasons. How does the wind change during the year? What changes does it make for us?
- Sun by Sam Usher – Find a read aloud here. The story of a very hot day and a little boy’s day out with his granddad. What do you do when it’s very hot?
General weather books for kids
- The Weather Girls by Aki – Find a read aloud here. This is another really cute book. It talks about different weather in different seasons and the activities that the girls get up to. What do your class like to do in the different seasons?
- What will the weather be like today? by Paul Rodgers, illustrations by Kazuko – This book is hard to find but there is a read aloud here. What do animals feel about weather? This colorful book explores that. Do you think they are happy when it’s sunny? You could use this story if you’re studying animals in different parts of the world and how they adapt to their different climates.
How is the weather where you are?
I hope you find this collection of Weather EFL ESL teaching resources useful for your classes. If you did and want to see some more, you can find all my lesson plans here and some more teaching resources here. To stay up to date with new materials and posts about teaching ideas, you can follow the GoogooEnglish Facebook page. Alternatively, sign up for email updates by filling in the form below.