Winter Weather

Winter Weather Types

• "Freddy the Frogcaster and the Big Blizzard" written by Janice Dean and illustrated by Russ Cox. Read by Kyla Birkett. The story of how Freddy once again helps his town and his friends prepare for bad weather, this time it's a blizzard. Includes Freddy's letter at the end, detailing a number of types of winter precipitation and weather types.

• Winter Weather words and descriptions

• More about Frost.

Snowflake Bentley

• "Snowflake Bentley" written by Jaqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian. Read by Dana Kilgore. The story of Wilson Bentley's life-long passion to study snowflake formations, creating ways to capture the beauty and unique qualities of each flake.

• "'The Snowflake Man' (a short film about Snowflake Bentley)" by Chuck Smith

• Examples of Wilson Bentley's images and more information about him.

Winter Weather Preparedness

• "Winter Weather" from Ready Kids, about storm preparedness.

Winter Weather Activities

• Snowshoe rental at the Indian Creek Nature Center

• Winter Nature Walk BINGO cards (downloadable)

• Frozen soap bubbles

• Seed & fruit ice wreaths for birds and winter critters

• Animal tracks in winter

• Ice lanterns

• Ice balloons + salt experiments

• Sledding, skiing, snow building, spray bottles with colored water