The Little Shelf Grows

Puddles, rainbows, and frosty mornings joined the first lessons.

By the Weather Rock Aug 13

The Puddles first-weather lesson page, framed with the Journalist Weather Rock badge.

More lessons landed on the First Weather shelf: puddles and where they go, rainbows and how they happen, frosty mornings, the shadow clock, and counting thunder to guess how far the storm is. That last one is the oldest weather instrument there is, besides me.

Printables ride along with every one, as always.

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