Winter Animals
This animal helps to pull Santa's sleigh.
What is a reindeer?
This is the name of the snowman in the movie, Frozen.
Who is Olaf?
We wear these on our hands to keep them warm.
What are gloves or mittens?
This is something you can make with 3 snowballs, coal, buttons, a carrot, and a hat.
What is a snowman?
This red and white candy hooks are given out often during the holidays.
What are candy canes?
This holiday takes place on December 25th each year.
What is Christmas?
This bear lives in the coldest temperatures.
What is a polar bear?
This holiday movie is about one of Santa's helpers, whose name is Buddy.
What is Elf?
This is a tool we use to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
If you lay in the snow and move your arms and legs up and down, you will be making this.
What is a snow angel?
This is a popular drink on a cold day. It is made with a brown powder, milk, and topped with marshmallows.
What is hot chocolate or hot cocoa?
This holiday, also known as Festival of Lights, is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight days and nights.
What is Hanukkah?
This cold weather animal is a type of bird, but it cannot fly.
What is a penguin?
This wooly animal is a main character from Ice Age.
What is a mammoth?
This is a very small ice crystal that falls from the sky in winter. Every one of them is different!
What is a snowflake?
This winter activity involves sliding on an ice surface using special shoes that have blades on the bottom.
What is ice skating?
This baked item is used to build miniature houses. People will then decorate them with icing and candy.
What is gingerbread?
This is the date that we celebrate New Year's Eve in Canada.
What is December 31st?
An arctic fox is this colour in order to hide it from its predators.
What is the colour white?
The Polar Express involves this kind of transportation.
What is a train?
This is another name for a severe storm with a lot of snow and wind.
What is a blizzard?
This winter activity involves pulling something up a hill, then sitting on it and going down the hill.
What is sledding?
This is the most common flavor of candy cane.
What is peppermint?
This new year is celebrated in late January or early February. Each year is based on the Chinese zodiac and named after an animal. Next year will be the year of the rabbit.
What is Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year?
This is a way animals conserve energy during the cold weather of winter and lack of food available.
What is hibernation?
This Christmas movie is about a boy whose family accidentally forgets him at home when they leave for vacation!
What is Home Alone?
Once water temperature is below this number, it will start to freeze.
What is 0°C (zero degrees Celcius)?
This sport is a very popular winter sport in Canada. People like to play and watch on TV.
What is ice hockey?
This drink is normally available around the holidays. It is a milky beverage which people sometimes add alcohol to.
What is eggnog?
This is an African American holiday that starts on December 26 and lasts for 7 days. Each day they light a candle on a candleholder called a Kinara.
What is Kwanzaa?