Look and wonder
Notice, Think, Wonder
Study a strange little alien, then sort your ideas into what you notice, what you think and what you wonder.
Thinking sheet · Look and wonder
Cloud Spotting
Look up and find animals, monsters and faces hiding in the clouds. Draw them before they float away.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- seeing shapes, imagination, noticing change
What kids do
“Clouds change shape all the time. What can you see in them today?”
- Cloud 1
- Cloud 2
- Cloud 3
- It looks like:
- It looks like:
- It looks like:
- The sky today
- How did one cloud change while I watched?
How to run it
- Go outside on a day with puffy clouds, or use a photo of the sky.
- Draw the cloud outline first, then add the face or creature inside.
- Pairs well with a weather or water cycle lesson.
Talk about it
- Did a friend see something different in the same cloud?
- Why do clouds change shape?
- What other everyday things hide faces?
Take it further
Find a face in an everyday object, like a plug socket or a car front, and draw it.
Pairs well with
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