Frosty Activities

Frosty Web Quest Created by Frosty Readers 2005 participant Judo Soto. This Web Quest is for first graders, but can easily be adapted for other lower primary grades. Don't miss this one!

Make a Flake Your students will have a ball making virtual snowflakes. No muss, no fuss!

Dress Frosty created by Mrs. Knox - Frosty is having a fashion crisis! He can't decide what hat or glasses to wear. In fact, he can't even decide what expression he wants on his face! Drag and drop different elements onto Frosty with your mouse until he looks "cool"! - This game requires the Macromedia Flash Player (see game for link to download)

Dress Frostina created by Mrs. Silverman - Frostina is Frosty's sister. Mix and match some of her outfits by dragging the pictures with your mouse. You may wonder why there is a Mets cap. Frostina is a Mets fan and thinks about her team even in the winter! It was difficult to get a custom fit for Frostina since her body shape is a little unusual. You can also add a little scenery to this picture. This game requires Microsoft Internet Explorer

Find the Habitat Interactive Game - A HUGE "Thank-You" to Bill Silverman(Susan's brother-in-law and father of the talented young Rebecca Silverman!) for creating this activity (and putting up with two annoying snow ladies requests to "just change this one little thing or two" time and time again!)

"Match the Snowflake" Memory Game created by Mrs. Knox - Uncover the "mystery photo" by finding the pairs of snowflakes with matching colors. This is a great way to reinforce color recognition for younger students, and is just plain fun for older ones!

"Mixed Up Snowman" Jigsaw Puzzle created by Mrs. Knox - Our poor snowman has "gone to pieces"! Won't you please help him pull himself together by solving our online jigsaw puzzle? (A special thanks to Steve White for allowing us to customize his java applet)

Harder Version of the "Mixed Up Snowman" Jigsaw Puzzle created by Mrs. Knox - Getting too good at the puzzle above? Try this version!

Timed Frosty Reader Puzzle created by Mrs. Silverman who thinks some of you are such excellent puzzle solvers that she threw a timer into this one! Can you beat the clock? If you like that one try the Timed Skier Puzzle, the Timed Snow Angels Puzzle, and one based on Jan Brett's "The Hat". All of the puzzles feature original children's artwork with a winter theme.

Offline & Printable Activities

"Find the Frosty Book Character" - Printable Word Search created by Mrs. Silverman - The names of some of our favorite characters are hidden in this word search. See if you can find them all!

"Frosty Words" - Printable Word Search created by Mrs. Silverman - Brrrrr! Just the sounds of some words make you want to curl up with a cup of hot chocolate! See if you can find the words Mrs. Silverman has hidden in this printable activity.

ACTIVITIES CREATED FOR FROSTY READERS 2002 BY PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

Who Said That? - Two activities to support "The Hat" created by Michele Nash of Cumberland Elementary School, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.

"The Night The Moon Blew Kisses" (Word Games) - Matching, Concentration, Word Search and Flash Cards created by Georgia Cloer from Mitchell Road School, Greenville, South Carolina.

The Night The Moon Blew Kisses (Hangman) - created by Georgia Cloer from Mitchell Road School, Greenville, South Carolina.

"Snow Bear" Word Jumble - One day Bessie went with her mother and her brother out to hunt for food on a cold Artic day. She met a small polar bear cub. While her brother and mother watched her, she had fun playing with a polar bear cub. What kinds of things could they do on a snowy day? Have fun finding out with this activity created by Marcia Goudie, from Anna Kyle Elementary School, Fairfield, California!

"Winter Scramble" Scrambled Sentences - from Marci McGowan, H. W. Mountz School, Spring Lake, New Jersey. These sentences are all mixed up! Your job is to put them in order so they make sense. (This activity only works with Internet Explorer 4.0+)

Dream Snow Hangman - Choose letters to complete words from the book Dream Snow. Take your time and think about the spellings. You don't want to get HANGMAN! Thanks to Amanda Madden from Brushy Creek Elementary,Taylors, South Carolina.

Dream Snow Quiz -Take a short quiz on the book Dream Snow by Eric Carle. Amanda Madden from Brushy Creek Elementary,Taylors, South Carolina.

Dream Snow Scramble - Mrs. Madden wrote sentences about lots of the events from the story Dream Snow, but somehow all of the words got scrambled. It's up to you to unscramble them to make complete sentences that makes sense! Good Luck.

Snowflake Bentley - Read the wonderful story of Wilson Bentley, and see if you can go from rags to riches quicker than he did! Written by Victoria Brody, Cumberland School,Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.

Bob the Snowman Hangman - Everybody loves to play Hangman! Enjoy this version from Lynn Weber, Greentown Elementary School, North Canton, Ohio.

North Country Night Matching Game - Eileen Lawlor from Terryville Road Elementary, Port Jefferson Station, NY wrote this delightful activity which focuses on improving sight recognition of the nocturnal animals
from the book North Country Night.

Snow on Snow on Snow Matching - Match these words to tell where to find Clancy the dog. Written by Regina Stewart Terryville Elementary School, Port Jefferson Station, NY.

Animals ABC Order - Drag and Drop activity from Marci McGowan, H. W. Mountz School, Spring Lake, New Jersey. (This activity only works with Internet Explorer 4.0+)

Stranger In The Woods: Animal Words Jumble - These animals live in the woods. Maybe they saw the Stranger in the Woods too! Try to spell the names correctly. Marci McGowan, H. W. Mountz School, Spring Lake, New Jersey.

Winter Word Jumble - By Donna Marshall from JFK Elementary School in East Islip, New York

The Gift of the Sun Activities - These activities are based on the book "The Gift of the Sun" . The text of the book will be found at http://www.sfc.wcape.school.za/Thulani.htm from Carolynn Bruton, Springfield Convent Junior School, Wynberg, South Africa.

The Black Snowman Hangman - From Ann Heatherly, Mitchell Road Elementary, Greenville, South Carolina.

The Black Snowman Word Games - From Ann Heatherly, Mitchell Road Elementary, Greenville, South Carolina.

When It Starts to Snow:Sentence Completion Jumble - from Malinda Ponton, Orlando, Florida

When It Starts to Snow: Rhyme Time - from Malinda Ponton, Orlando, Florida

What Do You Remember? - A great activity to accompany 50 Below Zero from Pam Elliott, Windsor Elementary School, Windsor, Maine.

Winter Lullaby Rhyming Words - from Betty Burrell Dahlgren School, Dahlgren, Virginia.

Winter Lullaby Word Search - from Betty Burrell Dahlgren School, Dahlgren, Virginia.

Winter Lullaby Pop Up - Another great activity from Betty Burrell Dahlgren School, Dahlgren, Virginia.

Stella, Queen of the Snow Word Scramble - from Norma Goddard, Lincoln Elementary School, La Crescenta, Ca.

Winter Clothing: English/Spanish - Have fun matching the English and Spanish words for clothing that kids would wear in the snow! Thanks to Pam Chartier from McBride School in St. Helens, Oregon

Who Said It? - Which story character said each of these words or phases in the book The Wild Toboggan Ride by Suzan Reid and Eugenie Fernandes? Another great activity from Pam Chartier from McBride School in St. Helens, Oregon