Animals in Winter

We have been learning about animals in science for the past few weeks and this past week we learned how animals deal with changing climates, specifically during winter. We learned that animals migrate, hibernate or adapt to their surrounding during winter.  The kids got to act out each of these things throughout the week.

Monday was migration. We talked about how some animals move to a warmer place during winter to find food and stay warm.  So we "migrated" to Florida (kids picked it) aka the other side of the school.

We pretended we were birds

On Tuesday we talked about how some animals stay where they are and just adapt or change something about them to survive the winter.  We talked about how humans adapt but putting on coats and hats and gloves.

On Wednesday it was HIBERNATION DAYYYY! I made caves out of blankets and tables and the kids got to do all of their work in their caves.  Centers, reading, writing, snack time, all in the caves.  We talked about what hibernation was and how some animals slept through the winter until it was warm again.

 Reading in our caves.

 Centers in caves.

Watching a movie about animals and pretending to sleep.

I also dressed up as a frog on hibernation day which the kids found hilarious! 

It was a fun week and the kids really learned a lot about animals.  **Disclaimer: I would like to thank my student teaching mentor teacher Kisha Nichols for this idea. I stole it from her**