Winter Animals
This animal hibernates and is big, brown, and furry.
Bear
This activity involves sitting on your bottom and sliding down a tall hill.
Sledding
This hot drink can be served with marshmallows or whipped cream on top.
Hot cocoa.
True or False?
No two snowflakes are the same.
True, every snowflake has a different design.
Name 2 of your favorite speech teachers.
Mrs. Austin and Ms. Molly
Before animals hibernate, they need to _____ lots of ______.
Eat, food
This activity involves putting special shoes on your feet and finding an icy pond or rink.
Ice Skating
This food is often eaten during Christmas time and has red and white stripes.
Candy cane.
True or false?
Nights are shorter in the wintertime.
False, nights are longer in the wintertime.
Name one holiday you can celebrate in the wintertime.
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, etc.
Name three animals that hibernate that are NOT a bear.
Bat, hedgehog, groundhog, monarch butterfly, crocodile, frogs, turtles, etc.
Name 3 activities you can do with snow.
Snowball fight, snow angels, make a snowman, snow fort.
This type of cookie is usually shaped like a person and is brown.
Gingerbread man.
True or false?
Snow is actually frozen rain.
True, when the temperature is cold enough, rain drops turn into snowflakes.
Name the four seasons. (Hint: One of the seasons is winter)
Winter, spring, summer, fall.
This is the word for a long deep sleep some animals participate in until Spring.
Hibernation
Name 2 winter months when you can have a snowball fight.
Name 3 types of cookies you can bake in the wintertime.
Sugar cookies, gingerbread men, snickerdoodles, etc.
True or false?
In the wintertime, the North Pole has an average temperature of -40 degrees.
True, the North Pole is one of the coldest points on Earth.
True or false?
A snowflake can take up to 5 hours to fall from a cloud to the ground.
False, a snowflake can take up to 2 hours to fall from a cloud to the ground (which is a long time!)
This is a word for hibernation when the weather is warm. (Hint: It starts with an "e")
Estivation
To do this activity you wear boards on your feet, use a pole to steer, and wear a helmet and goggles.
Skiing
This is something that people who celebrate Christmas leave out for Santa.
Cookies and milk.
True or False?
Sometimes it can thunderstorm and snow at the same time.
True, this is rare and called thundersnow.
True or false?
The tallest know snowman was higher than a 12-story building.
True!