There are several websites that offer weather safety games appropriate for kindergarten-age children. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for instance, has Leon the Lion's Lightning Safety Game. Looking at pictures of children doing certain activities, the child decides if this would be a safe or unsafe activity during a lightning storm. Many state emergency management agencies also offer online weather safety games appropriate for this age.
Kids love to pretend, and this is an excellent way to help them remember important weather safety tips. First, review weather safety tips with the children as a group: during a heat wave, drink lots of water; during a flood, move to higher ground; during a hurricane, board up your windows; and during a tornado, go to the basement. Then give each child a dangerous weather situation and ask them to act out one of the tips. Let the other children try to guess which weather tip the first child is acting out.
One way to reinforce weather safety concepts for kindergarteners is by introducing a visual component to the lesson. Weather safety coloring sheets are available online as well as through many emergency management agencies. Talk to the children about the pictures they are coloring and the importance of being safe in various weather situations. As an alternative to preprinted coloring sheets, discuss weather safety tips and have the children draw pictures about what they learned.
Have the children discuss what to put into a weather preparedness kit should bad weather occur. Talk to the children why you're including each item and how it can help in the case of a weather emergency. Some items to include are a battery-operated weather radio, bottled water, extra food, a first-aid kit, a flashlight with extra batteries and a blanket.