Deserts and rain

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 15 minutes

Read together

A desert is dry. Very little rain falls.

Plants and animals there save water.

Do it

1. Look at pictures of a desert and of a rainforest. Name what is the same and what is different.
2. Feel a sponge when dry and when wet. A cactus stores water like a sponge.
3. Draw a desert animal, such as a camel, and say how it copes with little water.
4. Remember to thank God for water and drink some.

Talk about it

• Why do desert plants store water?
• What is different in a rainforest?

For the grown-up

Deserts are places with very little rain, not always hot sand. Some, such as parts of Antarctica, are cold. Many people live in deserts. Always drink water in hot places.

Mark as done

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Where this comes from

• NGSS Lead States, Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States (National Academies Press, 2013), performance expectation 2-ESS2-2 (maps of land and water shapes)
• National Geographic Society, educational pages on deserts and biomes

Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed. Please read it before sharing it with a child.