What the Rain Sounds Like Here
Rain sounds different on an umbrella, on a metal roof edge and under a bare tree. Twenty minutes in waterproofs and your child has four new words for the same weather.
What you need
- Waterproofs and boots
- An umbrella
- Rain that is actually falling
How to play
- Dress in waterproofs and go out while the rain is still falling.
- Stop under a bare tree and listen to how the rain sounds there.
- Move to a metal roof edge, then a wooden fence, and listen at each one.
- Name every sound out loud: drumming, whispering, tapping, splatting.
- Hold out an open palm and count to ten to see how many drops land on it.
- Decide together which place was loudest and go back to it once more.
- Peel the wet layers off in the hallway and listen to the rain from inside.
