What is snow?

Snow is white fluffy stuff that falls from the sky when it gets cold enough.

How Snow Forms

When water in the clouds gets really cold, it turns into tiny ice crystals. These ice crystals stick together like friends holding hands, and they grow bigger and bigger as more water joins them. Eventually, they become heavy enough to fall down, and that’s how snowflakes are born!

What Snow Looks Like

Imagine you're making a pillow out of feathers, soft, light, and fluffly. That's what snow looks like when it lands on the ground. Each snowflake is unique, just like every person has their own special fingerprint.

Sometimes, snowflakes stick together to make bigger snowballs, which are fun to roll and throw!

When you play in the snow, you're playing with little ice crystals that came all the way from the sky, it's like having a chilly party on the ground.

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Examples

  1. A child builds a snowman using soft, fluffy snow.
  2. Snow falls gently from the sky during a cold winter day.
  3. A family enjoys playing in the snow after a big snowstorm.

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