It is snowing & cold here today which is making us want to stay in and hibernate so I thought I would post some favorite hibernation classroom activities, games, books, songs, and crafts. Pajama Day A great way to culminate your unit on hibernation is to have a Pajama Day! Children (and teachers) wear their […]
Bear science experiments and a bear snack! This science project is perfect for a preschool bear theme, hibernation unit, teddy bear day, or just for fun!
Learning about animals in winter is such a fun topic of study. This hibernation preschool pack is filled with hands-on math, literacy, and writing centers. Hibernation Preschool Theme Hibernation Subitizing- Match each chipmunk number card to the correct numbered tree. Bear Patterns- Grab your bear counters and build and extend each pattern. Bear Counting- Count and cover each color of dot. Write the the total number with dry erase marker. Fine Motor Groundhog Counting- Attach a pipe cleaner to each groundhog. Count and string beads onto the pipe cleaner. Cave Sticky Wall- I used contact paper (sticky side out) and my little guy matched our foam letters to the letters I wrote on the cave. Bat Letter Match- Say the letter on the bat wing. Write (or place a letter tile) on the other bat wing. Groundhog Count and Trace- Count pom poms onto the ten frame, then trace each number. Bear Cave Flip and Cover- Flip over a bear card, identify the number, cover the number on the cave. Hibernation Tracing Lines- Use a dry erase marker to trace each line. Bear Cave Bean Bag Throw- My boys love any gross motor game, so this was a lot of fun. He would throw a bean bag, and then say the letter and sound it landed on. This is easily adaptable for sight words, numbers, shapes, or colors! Frogs in the Mud- We used brown paper shred as the base and threw in the alphabet cards. Pick a card, say the letter, and then trace the letter on the recording page. Feed the Groundhog- Cut a hole in the mouth of the groundhog. Attach the groundhog to a box. Feed the groundhog each letter. Polar Bear Sounds- Match each letter to that picture with that beginning sound. Hibernation Writing Tray- Trace each letter in a writing tray of salt or coffee grounds. Bear Shape Matching- Match each shape bear to the same shape cave. Hibernation Sensory Bin- Sensory bins are always a lot of fun for my kids. We used beans as the base, and threw in wooden tree blocks, pine cones, and our play animals. Hibernation Preschool Theme Here is a fun freebie for you! Letter Stamping Caves- Grab alphabet stamps and stamp each letter in the caves. Grab the freebie HERE. For more preschool ideas, follow along with us on Instagram @michele_dillon
It is snowing & cold here today which is making us want to stay in and hibernate so I thought I would post some favorite hibernation classroom activities, games, books, songs, and crafts. Pajama Day A great way to culminate your unit on hibernation is to have a Pajama Day! Children (and teachers) wear their […]
November is the perfect time to talk about hibernation!! We ended our bear theme with some hibernation activities specifically intended for preschool. Did you know that most bears actually snore wh…
Use “Bear Snores On” to introduce hibernation. Continue the fun with loads of hands on activities that your preschooler will love. Includes a free printable.
Pack your classroom with hands-on activities all about what animals do in the winter. I have rounded up my favorite hibernation centers and activities.
This Hibernating Bear Alphabet Game is a fun way for your preschoolers to practice identifying lowercase and capital letters this winter.
This hibernation preschool alphabet letter matching activity isgreat for your preschool lesson plans. They can match the uppercase/lowercase letters.
It is snowing & cold here today which is making us want to stay in and hibernate so I thought I would post some favorite hibernation classroom activities, games, books, songs, and crafts. Pajama Day A great way to culminate your unit on hibernation is to have a Pajama Day! Children (and teachers) wear their […]
Make a diorama of animals that hibernate in Winter! It is the perfect afternoon craft to make on out cold wintry afternoon.
Pack your classroom with hands-on activities all about what animals do in the winter. I have rounded up my favorite hibernation centers and activities.
Bear more or less math activity for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Fun, hands-on counting and comparison game for a bear or winter theme.
This hibernation unit study is full of fun hibernation crafts and activities for kids, including books about hibernation, a hibernation facts video, and a hibernating animals sorting activity!
Bear Science Explorations for Preschool These science activities are perfect to supplement a bear unit! These activities included themed vocabulary words, STEM activities, and science explorations! Bear Science for Preschool Here is a look inside this pack! Exploring Tracks- Explore animal tracks by discussing photographs, completing puzzles, and then using a sponge and paint to make your own tracks. Why are Polar Bears White?- Complete an art project to learn why polar bears are white. Build a Bear Den STEM- Can you build a bear den for winter? Use marshmallows and toothpicks to keep your bear warm during the winter. How do Polar Bears Stay Warm?- Complete this science experiment to discover how polar bears stay warm in icy waters. Growing Gummy Bears - What happens to gummy bears in various liquids? Make predictions and test! Bear Science for Preschool For a whole year of science fun, check out my Preschool Science Bundle.
These Bear Snores On sequencing cards are a great way to talk about animals and hibernation. Practice retelling and sequencing the story.
This hibernation preschool alphabet letter matching activity isgreat for your preschool lesson plans. They can match the uppercase/lowercase letters.
Pack your classroom with hands-on activities all about what animals do in the winter. I have rounded up my favorite hibernation centers and activities.
Use this free printable bear color graph activity set to practice a variety of early math skills. Several math games and activity ideas are included along with many open-ended questions to help kids
This collection of preschool hibernation activities is a fun addition to the winter theme. Packed with an assortment of ideas for your homeschool or classroom!
View Our teddy bear theme lesson plans and activities for preschool. Free Sample, creative ideas that make teaching and learning about teddy bears fun, teddy bear pompom game, catch a pompom with a magnetic wand and match it to the circles around the teddy bear, free printable teddy theme story, Teddy bear, teddy bear what do you see? I see a sad teddy, a happy teddy, a big teddy, a little teddy, a summer teddy, a winter teddy. There are 10 teddys in the bed and the little one said roll over, children will gently roll over the teddy bears on the bed and when 1 falls out children will eat that one, yum! Big yellow fuzzy teddy bear craft engages children to focus on the color yellow and the word big. Clothespins letter match up with this months letters MNO. Preschool teddy bear science, sorting and tasting teddy bear grahams. Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around gross motor movement rhyme. Fun hands on activities and lesson plans to teach preschool kids about teddy bears with circle time activities, stories, songs, literacy, math, printables, free teddy bear book and more!
Bear Science Explorations for Preschool These science activities are perfect to supplement a bear unit! These activities included themed vocabulary words, STEM activities, and science explorations! Bear Science for Preschool Here is a look inside this pack! Exploring Tracks- Explore animal tracks by discussing photographs, completing puzzles, and then using a sponge and paint to make your own tracks. Why are Polar Bears White?- Complete an art project to learn why polar bears are white. Build a Bear Den STEM- Can you build a bear den for winter? Use marshmallows and toothpicks to keep your bear warm during the winter. How do Polar Bears Stay Warm?- Complete this science experiment to discover how polar bears stay warm in icy waters. Growing Gummy Bears - What happens to gummy bears in various liquids? Make predictions and test! Bear Science for Preschool For a whole year of science fun, check out my Preschool Science Bundle.
Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!
Learn how animals prepare for winter - do squirrels hibernate? What birds migrate? Books & activities for preschool, kindergarten & elementary kids!
This bear color matching activity is a fun addition to your toddler and preschool hibernation theme. Download the free printable and place the bears in their matching colored caves!
The kids loved making our hibernating bears. We started by "painting" paper bag caves that were glued onto paper plates with a mixt...
Download this free printable sorting worksheet HERE.
Welcome to the Free Resource Library for Montessori, early childhood and lower elementary teachers, parents and educators! I am thrilled to provide you with a curated selection of free printables. […]
ALuv and I just finished a 2-week unit in our science last week on animals in the winter. We had fun and both learned quite a bit! I wanted to share a few resources and ideas of how we integrated literacy into our study. We focused on the three ways that animals survive in the winter time: hibernation, migration, ... Read More about Animals in Winter
These bear crafts for kindergarten and preschool will go great with all of your bear themed units and activities. Check out all 19 ideas!
A fun coloring Who Lives in the Arctic craft for preschoolers and older kids to learn about polar wildlife.
Ideas for a unit on winter animals: hibernation, migration, and more winter animal adaptations. Hands-on learning, centers, writing, and more
Preschool students love bears and with these free bear-themed printable worksheets they can have fun while learning! Bear Theme Activities Worksheet 1 Counting BearsStudents work on their counting
Fun action rhyme for preschoolers! Perfect for bears, forest, or Letter B themes!
Have you read Jan Brett's new book called The Snowy Nap? It is about Hedgie (the hedgehog from The Hat) trying to stay up to see what his animal friends do during the winter before he hibernates. If you haven't seen this book, you must check it out! Jan Brett's books and illustrations are always so captivating for kids and adults alike. I love the little cut out pictures on the side and how you can talk about what is happening in the side pictures while the characters are doing something else in the story. It is just great for developing executive function skills and theory of mind. We loved using our retelling cards to retell and then act out the story. Then, we couldn't forget our hedgehog snack! Each Friday we make a snack to match our theme... it gives us something to look forward to! We used pre-made sugar cookies, frosting, chocolate chips, and cocoa krispies. Didn't they turn out cute? After reading The Snowy Nap, we had so many questions about hibernation. {Which animals hibernate? Why do they hibernate? Where do they hibernate?} We did a little research to figure out our answers and then made a poster to teach others what we learned. I helped by drawing some of the background and giving them pictures to color so that we could focus on interactive writing. We used our favorite Kwik Stix paint for our mural. If you haven't tried them you must! They are paint sticks that dry in 60 seconds...amazing! If you'd like to try them, you can click here and use the code COFFEETALK10 for 10% off (affiliate link). We also enjoyed reading A Time to Sleep to help us better understand the variety of the animals that hibernate and where they hibernate. To answer the question "why do animals hibernate?", I froze blueberries in a container and asked the kids to pretend to be hungry bears and get enough berries to eat out of the ice. They tried dropping the ice on the table to break it or digging the berries out of the ice, but they couldn't get enough to be full. We left the frozen berries in the container overnight and observed that we could get all the berries out when the ice melted. We made a bear paw for snack out of a graham cracker, Reese's cup, chocolate chips, and peanut butter. Do you teach about hibernation in your classroom? What are your favorite activities and books? Happy Teaching!
This hibernation unit study is full of fun hibernation crafts and activities for kids, including books about hibernation, a hibernation facts video, and a hibernating animals sorting activity!
Do your kids LOVE Brown Bear, Brown Bear as much as mine? This story is such a classic I just had to plan a week theme around Bears and our favorite Brown Bear books. Here were our plans for Bear week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite bear […]
Teddy Bear Cutting Practice Sheets are the perfect worksheets for early learners! Pair these with a bear unit for even more learning fun.
