![]() ![]() ![]() The great thing about this activity is that you can get a few minutes of peace as your child pretend to “sleep.” Sneaky huh? When your child starts to get restless shout “Springtime.” 6. If you would like to add music to this activity try Erik Satie – Gymnopédie No.1 Then encourage them to slowly move to their cave, crawl in and curl up to sleep. Maybe they want to scratch their back on a door-frame. Invite your child to pretend to be the bear and crawl around the room slowly. Build a simple cave by draping a blanket over a table. Pretend you are a sleepy bear getting ready to sleep. You can cut out the bear from the free printable pack (see below). Glue to a paper plate (or recycled cardboard circle if you prefer). Glue a picture of sleepy bear on top. Have your child tear up some tissue or construction paper into small pieces (preshoolers love doing this). Sleepy Bear Song ( Tune: Are you sleeping) (Put thumb inside fist)Īnd there he will hide. Here is a cave, (Make a fist with fingers) When you have finished reading it’s time for some hibernation activities Hibernating Animals 1. What do you think will happen when bear wakes up?Īs each new animal arrives invite the children to name them.Once you have read “ but the bear snores on” a couple of times pause after the word “bear” and let your child finish the phrase. Make the sounds and invite your child to join in. There is no need to rush though the pages. This is a book full of sound effects Hibernation activities for preschoolers When you are reading Those are just a few of the animals that hibernate. Then talk about the animals that hibernate. After a few readings most children love to join in with the sound effects and will quickly latch onto the repetitive phrase, “but the bear snores on”.įirst, talk about what hibernation is. For example, when bear wakes up he doesn’t just growl – he gnarls and snarls, roars and rumbles, jumps and stomps, growls and grumbles. The language is simple and easy for a young child to understand, while at the same time using inventive phrases that add so much fun to the storytelling. ![]() There are so many kinds of forest animals in the forest that join in the fun. The storyline and cast of characters are very appealing to young children. Then more and more animals arrive in the bear’s den and the noise gets louder and louder until bear gives a great sneeze and wakes up. It starts very slowly with a little mouse. The author does a great job of building up the pace of the story. This is a wonderful story to read aloud to children. Soon there is a fully-fledged party with dancing and pots of stew. They brew tea and pop-corn and despite all the noise bear snores on. Some forest animals stop by Bear’s cave to warm up. Introducing Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson. We have a whole list of 20 hibernation books for kids but today, we want to focus on one of our favorites. Hibernation activities for preschoolers. ![]()
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