Bath-time rain

From the house

• Their usual bath
• Plastic cups, a jug, a sieve or colander

How to play

1. Add the cups and jug to their bath.
2. Pour water on their hands, knees and toes, naming each one.
3. Pour through the sieve: rain!
4. Sing a song while you rinse their hair.

Fit it to your child

• Easier: Pour slowly over their hands and let them grab at the stream.
• Harder: Give them a big cup and a small one, and they guess which fills the jug in fewer pours.

Words to use

• pour
• rain
• wet
• full
• empty

Why it helps

Filling, pouring and watching water rain through holes shows them how water flows and drips, cause and effect they can feel on their skin.