Umbrella Theme

MAKE (Art Center) 

• Crafts Shaped Like the Letter U/u
• Capital Letter U Craft - saved by Leigh Carter
• Lower Case Letter u Craft - The Princess and the Tot
• Letter U/u Filled in with Decoration Umbrellas - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Letter U/u Filled in with Umbrella Stickers
• Fingerprint Crafts
• Handprint Umbrellas - Mommy Minutes Blog
• Footprint Umbrellas - Ladybugs and Lattes
• Fingerprint Umbrellas - Red Tricycle
• Recyclable Crafts
• Paper Plate Umbrellas - East Coast Mommy
• Paper Plate Umbrellas - Happy Hooligans
• Other Crafts
• Umbrella Blow Paint Craft - Imagination Express Preschool
• Umbrella Cupcake Wrapper Craft - Mr Mrs and Mini Me's
• Umbrella Door Decorations Made Out of Paint Swatches - saved by Grace G.
• Coffee Filter Umbrella Craft - B-Inspired Mama
• Splatter Paint Project - easy-ways-moneyinternet.blogspot.com
• Free Art
• Have art materials accessible to children such as an umbrella coloring page, an umbrella stencil, an easel, markers, stamps, colored pencils, crayons, play-dough, and tissue paper/construction paper/fabric squares for children to work with if they'd like as well.

EXPLORE (Sensory Centers)

• Practice Tracing the Letter U/u by Water Painting
• Under the Umbrella Sensory Play - Best Toys 4 Toddlers
• Pushing Decoration Umbrellas Into Styrofoam  - Counting Coconuts
• Play Dough Umbrellas - childcareland
• Play Dough Umbrella Invitation to Play - saved by Meg Donnelly
• Letter U Sensory Bin - Life with Moore Babies
• Beach Vacation Small World Play with Decoration Umbrellas and Sand - Still Playing School
• Umbrella Sensory Bottle

PLAY (Inside and Outside Games/Activities) 

• Puzzles/Board Games
• Umbrella Shape Puzzles - Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Block Center/Building Ideas
• Have Decoration Umbrellas in the Lego/Block Center - Best Toys 4 Toddlers
• Dramatic Play
• Rainy Day Story Telling Basket - Adventures and Play
• Rain Gear Dress Ups
• Quiet Activities
• Umbrella Number Cards - Blessings Overflowing
• Umbrella Raindrop Counting Busy Bag - Happy Brown House
• Umbrella Size Sort - Teaching Mama
• Umbrella Magnet Page - Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Umbrella Letter Matching - Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Umbrella Lacing Card - Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Umbrella Counting and Color Sort - Artsy Craftsy Mom
• Addition with Raining Hearts - Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten
• File Folder Activities/Worksheets
• Find a Letter Worksheet (U is for Umbrella) - 3 Boys and a Dog
• Matching Umbrella Colors  - wordpress.com
• Umbrella Color By Number - Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Umbrella File Folder Game For Matching Upper and Lower Case Letters - Izzie, Mac and Me
• The Colors of My Umbrella (Colors and Counting Book) - Thoughts of Me
• Under the Umbrella Printable Book - This Reading Mama
• Letter U Printables - Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Active Games/Outside Play Activities
• Umbrella Floor Numbers Hopscotch Game - Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Umbrella Parachute Games - Mom Junction
• Have kids wear rain gear and play in a sprinkler (They can jump in the puddles and pretend to play in the rain.)
• Indoor Puddle Jumping - blog.melissaanddoug.com

READ (Circle Time/Books for the Book Center)

• Yellow Umbrella - Dong II Sheen & Jae-Soo Liu 
• Umma Ungka's Unusual Umbrella - Barbara deRubertis
• The Umbrella - Jan Brett
• The Umbrella - Ingrid Schubert
• Umbrella Bird's Umbrella - Heather Feldman  
• Rain - Marion Dane Bauer
• Waiting Out the Storm - JoAnn Early Macken
• Split! Splat! - Amy Gibson
• Raindrop Plop! - Wendy Cheyette Lewison
• Come On, Rain! - Karen Hesse

SING (Circle Time Songs/Poems)

• Ten Little Umbrellas and Ten Little Raindrops (Flannelboard Activity) - Storytime Katie
• Singing in the Rain - metrolyrics.com
• I Hear Thunder - Lets Play Kids Music
• The Umbrella Song - Lets Play Kids Music
• Splashing in the Puddles - Lets Play Kids Music
• Pitter Patter Pitter Patter - Lets Play Kids Music
• Pitter Patter Raindrops - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Rain, Rain, Go Away - first-school.ws

EAT (Snack Center)

• Apple, and Green Pepper Umbrellas - All About Learning Press
• Uncrustables Umbrellas - Tiffany Landress
• Orange Slice and Cheese Umbrellas - Mommy Lessons 101
• Umbrella Sandwich - Bentorrific
• Cup of Chex Mix with a Decoration Umbrella - Brilliant Beginnings Preschool Utah
• Babybel Cheese Umbrellas - How Does She
• Umbrella Cupcakes - Cute Food For Kids
• Teddy Bear Jello or Pudding Cups with a Decoration Umbrella - Fun2BFrugal

VISIT  (Visitor/Field Trip Ideas)

•  Guest Speaker - Meteorologist