The snow melts in the sun.

Meaning: This sentence describes frozen water falling from the sky changing from a solid to a liquid state due to heat from the sun.

Choice of Words: Snow is frozen water falling from the sky in small white flakes. Melts is a verb that means to change from a solid to a liquid state due to heat. In is a preposition that indicates the location or position of something within or surrounded by something else. The is a definite article that refers to a specific or particular noun. Sun is a noun that refers to the star at the center of our solar system that provides light and heat.

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The white stuff on the ground turns into water when the sun shines.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words that might be easier for a child to understand.

Choice of Words: White stuff is a casual way to refer to snow, especially when you're talking to a child. Turns into means to change from one thing to another, like when you turn a caterpillar into a butterfly. Water is the liquid that we drink and swim in. When indicates a time, like when you say "I go to school when it's morning."The sun shines means that the sun is giving off light and heat.

The icy stuff that's all over the place becomes wet stuff because of the big ball of fire in the sky.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses even more casual language that might be easier for a child to understand.

Choice of Words: Icy stuff is another casual way to refer to snow, especially when you're talking to a child. Becomes means to change into something else, like when you become a grown-up. Wet stuff is a casual way to refer to water, especially when you're talking to a child. Big ball of fire is a casual way to refer to the sun, especially when you're talking to a child.

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