Frosty Wants to Play
Frosty Wants to Play
by ReadRead · 5 min readDrip, drip, drip! The sun is out and Frosty is getting smaller. A warm winter story about friends who help, and a cold night that makes everything freeze.
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Mia builds a snowman in the little snowy village, and Frosty opens his eyes. They throw snowballs, and Red the robin sits on his hat. Then the sun comes out, big and hot, and Frosty begins to melt. His friends know just what to do.
The new words in this book
When snow or ice gets warm and turns into water. It comes up 6 times, and every time Frosty drips and sinks into a little puddle, or, at the end, does not.
When water gets very cold and turns into ice. It comes up 7 times: drips on a roof turn into icicles, a pond turns to ice, and the child freezes the puddles with a tap.
The two words are a pair the pictures show side by side: warm sun, melt; cold night, freeze. Lines repeat on purpose (“Freeze, pond, freeze!”), so a new reader can say them along. Every other word is a common word, like snow, sun, hat, tree, ice and play.
Questions to ask while you read
Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.
- 1What can you see in the snowy village?
- 2What games do Frosty and Mia play?
- 3What happens to Frosty when the sun comes out?
- 4How does Mia feel? What would you do?
- 5Why is it better for Frosty in the shade?
- 6How do Mia and Red help Frosty get big again?
- 7What happens to the drips on the roof when it gets cold?
- 8What happens to the pond? What can they do on the ice now?
- 9Tap and freeze: which water turns to ice?
- 10Why can Frosty play all night?
How hard is this book?
About 250 words, sentences of 6–8 words, dialogue.
- Dialogue × 10“Thank you, friends!”
- Questions × 2“Tweet! Can I play too?”
- Commands × 3Tap the water to freeze it!
- Not / no × 5“Oh no! I melt in the sun!”
- Will / going to × 2“I like the cold! Now I will not melt.”
- Bigger / biggest × 1Frosty gets smaller and smaller.
All 105 words, most used first
the 22 · and 8 · freeze 7 · is 7 · melt 6 · to 6 · i 5 · it 5 · on 5 · play 5 · a 4 · big 4 · can 4 · his 4 · in 4 · not 4 · red 4 · sun 4 · cold 3 · drip 3 · hat 3 · ice 3 · now 3 · pat 3 · water 3 · all 2 · at 2 · comes 2 · down 2 · eyes 2 · hooray 2 · little 2 · morning 2 · night 2 · over 2 · pond 2 · pushes 2 · shade 2 · slide 2 · smaller 2 · snow 2 · snowy 2 · tree 2 · tweet 2 · up 2 · village 2 · will 2 · again · air · back · begin · begins · come · cool · crack · do · does · drips · for · friends · frosty's · gets · goes · he · hello · hot · laugh · let · like · look · makes · moon · new · no · of · oh · opens · out · pats · phew · please · robin · roof · round · scarf · sits · sled · slips · snowballs · snowman · stop · tap · thank · then · they · throw · too · under · want · wants · we · what · whee · with · you
Names don’t count: the picture shows who it is.
Tips for parents
- First time: use Read to me and let your child just listen and watch.
- On the sun page, stop and ask “What will happen to Frosty?” Let them guess before you turn.
- On the freeze page, let your child choose the next puddle and say it: “Freeze!”
- Try it for real: put an ice cube on a plate by the window and one in the freezer. Which one will melt?