How’s the Weather?
Languages: English, French
Ressource Type: song, nursery rhyme
Theme: weather
Age-range: infant-preschool, 3 – 8 years
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♦ How’s the Weather Lyrics
“How’s the Weather?” is a fun song for children that is great for introducing weather in English. This very simple song is perfect for preschool, kindergarten kids and the ESL/EFL classroom.
English Lyrics:
How’s the Weather?
How’s the weather? It’s sunny.
How’s the weather? It’s sunny.
How’s the weather? It’s sunny.
It’s sunny today.
How’s the weather? It’s rainy.
How’s the weather? It’s rainy.
How’s the weather? It’s rainy.
It’s rainy today.
How’s the weather? It’s cloudy.
How’s the weather? It’s cloudy.
How’s the weather? It’s cloudy.
It’s cloudy today.
How’s the weather? It’s windy.
How’s the weather? It’s windy.
How’s the weather? It’s windy.
It’s windy today.
How’s the weather? It’s snowy.
How’s the weather? It’s snowy.
How’s the weather? It’s snowy.
It’s snowy today.
French translation:
Quel temps fait-il ?
Quel temps fait-il ? Il fait beau.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il fait beau.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il fait beau.
Il fait beau aujourd’hui.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il pleut.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il pleut.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il pleut.
Il pleut aujourd’hui.
Quel temps fait-il ? C’est nuageux.
Quel temps fait-il ? C’est nuageux.
Quel temps fait-il ? C’est nuageux.
C’est nuageux aujourd’hui.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il y a du vent.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il y a du vent.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il y a du vent.
Il y a du vent aujourd’hui.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il neige.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il neige.
Quel temps fait-il ? Il neige.
Il neige aujourd’hui.
Culture and Vocabulary:
- météo : sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, snowy.
Grammar:
- formula “How’s the weather? It’s…”
- preparatory subject it: some English sentences don’t have a grammatical subject, so we can use it as preparatory subject or dummy pronoun. We often use it in English to talk about time and weather: It’s rainy. It’s snowy. etc.
Phonology:
- pronunciation of sunny /ˈsʌni/, rainy /ˈreɪni/, cloudy /ˈklaʊdi/, windy /ˈwɪndi/ and snowy /ˈsnəʊi/.
Teaching suggestions:
- continue the nursery rhyme: it’s stormy, it’s foggy, it’s hot, it’s cold, it’s wet, it’s drizzly, it’s warm, it’s freezing, it’s cool, it’s chilly…
- learn another way to ask how’s the weather: What’s the weather like?
- discover books about weather.
Videos of the song “How’s the Weather?” in English:
