Ages 4+ · Life Skills · Home and helping
Getting dressed
🌧️rain: a raincoat☀️sun: a sun hat❄️cold: a warm jumper🧤cold: mittens
Clothes for the weather.The big ideaWe pick clothes for the weather, and we can ask for help.
How it works
The weather tells us what to wear. Rain means a coat, sun means a hat, and cold means a warm jumper.
We get dressed one thing at a time, in order: pants, shirt, socks, shoes.
If something is stuck, we can ask for help.
Example 1: Pick for the weather
- Kit hears the rain on the window.
- He puts the sun hat away.
- He picks a raincoat and rain boots to keep him dry.
Example 2: One thing at a time
- Pants go on first, one leg and then the other.
- Next the shirt goes over his head. Peekaboo!
- Then socks, and last come his shoes or boots.
👖pants👕shirt🧦socks👟shoes
In order.Example 3: Ask for help
- One big button on the raincoat is stuck.
- Kit takes a slow breath and says, can you help me, please?
- Click goes the button, and Kit does the next one himself.
Words to know
- weather
- Rain, sun or cold outside.
- raincoat
- A coat that keeps you dry.
- in order
- One thing, and then the next.
- help
- A hand when something is stuck.
Watch out
- Do not wear a sun hat in the rain. A sun hat is for a hot day.
- Do not pull hard at a stuck button. Ask a grown-up to help.
- Socks go on before shoes.
Try it
- What do you wear on a rainy day?
- What goes on first, pants or shoes?
- A button is stuck. What do you do?
- What keeps your hands warm on a cold day?
Answers: 1. a raincoat · 2. pants · 3. ask a grown-up for help · 4. mittens
Try at homeWith a grown-up, look at the weather and pick clothes for tomorrow, then put them in a pile in the order you put them on.
For grown-upsLook at the weather together the evening before, and let your child lay out tomorrow's clothes in the order they go on.