Thursday, January 16, 2025

Theme: Hibernation/Sleep

PR: Where do animals like chipmunks and bears go in the winter? How can they live in the cold? Let's explore how they hibernate under the snow.

Stories used:
Bear Can't Sleep by Karma Wilson
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
The Napping House by Audrey Wood (Big Book)
A Nap in a Lap by Sarah Wilson 

Other book ideas:
Animals In Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
Baby Bear Counts One by Ashley Wolff
Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead
Bear is Awake: an alphabet story by Hannah E. Harrison
The Bear in the Book by Kate Banks
Bear Is Not Tired by Ciara Gavin
A Bed for Bear by Clive McFarland
A Bed for the Winter (DK)
Brownie Groundhog and the Wintery Surprise by Susan Blackaby
Don’t Wake up the Bear by
Do not Disturb by Margery Facklam
Do Polar Bears Snooze in Hollow Trees?: A Book About Animal Hibernation by Laura Purdie Salas
Goodnight, Grizzle Grump! by Aaron Blecha
Groundhog Stays up Late by Margery Cuyler
Hibernation by Margaret Hall
Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows
Home at Last – A Song of Migration by April Sayre
Knock Knock by Tammi Sauer
Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson
Mika the Bear Who Didn’t Want to Sleep by Erik Kriek
Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
One Snowy Night by M. Christina Butler
Ouch! by Ragnhild Scammell
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
Red Sled by Lita Judge
Sleep, Bear! by Shelby Alinsky
Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep by Maureen Wright
Sleepover with Beatrice and Bear by Monica Carnesi
Sleepy Black Bear, Sleep by Jane Yolen
The Snowy Nap by Jan Brett
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
Waiting for Winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser
When it Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator
Winter Dance by Marion Dane Bauer
Why Do Bears Sleep All Winter? by Mary Englar

Song: “Hibernation”
(Tune: “Alouette”)
Hibernation, time for hibernation.
Hibernation, time to go to sleep.
In the winter, where’s the bear?
Sleeping in its log or lair.
Where’s the bear? Log or lair. OH!
In the winter, where’s the frog?
Sleeping by a pond or log.
Where’s the frog? Pond or log. OH!
In the winter, where’s the snake?
In the mud beneath the lake.
Where’s the snake? Beneath the lake. OH!
In the winter, where’s the bat?
In a cave is where it’s at.
Where’s the bat? Cave it’s at! OH!

Song & Puppet: “Sleepy Bear”
Tune: Thumbkin
Where is Bear? Where is Bear?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you this winter?
Very tired, thank you.
Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

Song: "Are You Sleeping?"
Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Little bear, little bear?

I will sleep till springtime
I will sleep till springtime
Snug and warm
Snug and warm

Can you Stretch?
Tall as a tree?
Wide as a house?
Thin as a pin?
Small as a mouse?

Activity:
We used the parachute as a bear cave at first, then simply played with the chute.

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