MONUMENT, Colo. (KOAA) — On Wednesday, Meteorologist Lauren Brand visited Bear Creek Elementary school to talk with some kindergartners about the weather. They were so excited for her to visit, and loved talking about their personal experiences with the weather.
For kindergartners, they knew a lot about the weather, and asked questions like "Do we get tornadoes in Colorado?" and "How do floods form?" They were also excited to talk about preparedness with winter storms since we are currently getting ready for one to arrive.
For more information on how to have First Alert 5 Weather visit with your classroom, email lauren.brand@koaa.com.
Want to get your young scientists and artists in your family involved? Download the First Alert 5 Storm Safe activity book (20MB PDF).
They'll find useful and fun information on winter storms, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, strong winds, tornadoes, flooding, how to be a safety kid, cool ideas for safe at-home experiments, and more!
Your young scientist can also send in a portion of the activity book to be featured in a First Alert 5 forecast.
__
Get the latest First Alert 5 Weather forecast.
Curious about the First Alert 5 Weather Storm Impact Scale? Check out our cheatsheet explainer.
___
State proposes cutting paid caregiving hours for Colorado families
Some of those Medicaid cuts are already moving forward with last year's executive order from the governor. Families with children who need 24-7 care tell News5 they are feeling frustrated.
____
Watch KOAA News5 on your time, anytime with our free streaming app available for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and Android TV. Just search KOAA News5, download and start watching.