After reading "Little Cloud" to your students, take them outside to look at the clouds. Choose a warm day so that students will feel comfortable being outside. Place blankets on the ground and invite students to lay down on their backs and watch the sky. Try to find different shapes in the clouds; in the story, the little cloud changes into a shark and an airplane. Talk about how the clouds move across the sky and the color of the clouds.
Try to predict how much it will rain in a week. Give each student a clear plastic cup and a marker. Ask students to draw a line on the cup to show how much rain they think will be collected in the cup by the end of the week. Write the students' name on the bottom of the cup. Set all the cups outside, making certain that they are all are in locations that will collect rain evenly. At the end of the week, check the cups and see who made the best prediction.
Show your students how to create cloud art. Give each student a large piece of blue construction paper. In addition, give students some cotton balls or cotton batting or stuffing to use as clouds. Show students how they can stretch and manipulate the cotton to make different shapes. Use glue sticks to attach the cotton to the paper to make clouds; use the glue sparingly, and avoid liquid glues, which will stick to the cotton and make a mess.
In the story "Little Cloud," the cloud joins with other clouds to make it rain. Talk with your class about the importance of rain, and how it makes flowers, grass and crops grow. Discuss the ways that people can stay dry in the rain, such as raincoats, rain boots and umbrellas. Bring in rainy day weather props for the dramatic play area. On the next rainy school day, bundle your students in rainy day gear and take them outside to play in the puddles.