Rainbows, Unicorns and Pots of Gold!

Our ongoing conversations about the weather took an interesting turn today when we began talking about rainbows. As with the videos and photos of lightening strikes that we saw online, the rainbow pictures we watched, captured the girls' interest.   

This is some of the conversation that we shared together.

Kate: I saw a double rainbow when I was with my mum in the car.

I thought there were gaps in the rainbow but there was actually clouds over it.

Eloise: The second rainbow is the rainbow’s shadow.

Joyce: People’s shadows are black and maybe rainbow shadows are black too.

 (This is an interesting point for us to follow up)

Joyce: Rainbows are amazing, I was surprised when I saw it, and it is the 

most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

Kate: When it rains the rainbow goes away. It goes up to the sky

Zoe: … into the clouds.

Eloise: When the wind comes it blows the rainbow to another place; a place 

where the rain has stopped already.

Luca: When there’s no sun, the rainbow hides in the cloud. 

When the rain ends, the rainbow comes again.

Joyce: Rainbows only come out if there’s sun.

Kate: Rainbows can’t come in the rain because the lightening might hit the rainbow. (Interesting that Kate’s interest in lightening has come up here).

Eloise: If there are too many clouds the rainbow can’t grow over the clouds.

Luca: Rainbows are supposed go over clouds.

Keira: They do go over the clouds. They really do!

Joyce: Unicorns can live at the end of the rainbow and they can float on rainbows but when people stand on rainbows they sink down. Rainbows are soft – you have to have magic. 

The unicorn’s horns are magic.

Eloise: Rainbows are soft.

 There’s a pot of gold there. You have to follow it to the end of the rainbow.

Joyce: You might meet a unicorn.

Eloise: You might find treasure.

Eloise: I think we are both right. 

We are drawing our ideas about rainbows so watch out for those!