Animals in Winter

Throughout the year, we have been tracking the weather and noticing how it changes throughout the seasons. We have also been learning about what livings things need to survive (food, water, air, shelter.)  This winter we have been studying animals and how they meet their needs for food and warmth in the winter.  We have learned that some animals migrate, some hibernate, some sleep and wake throughout the winter (dormancy) and others stay active all winter long. In order to better understand these concepts, we have "migrated" like geese to a warmer place (the library) and found food (our snack!) there. We have "hibernated" like bats. We have "slept" (and occasionally woken up) like bears do in the winter. And, we have stayed "active" like gray squirrels with thick coats and nibbled on nuts and dried berries!

                                                     Here are the "hibernating" bats!

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Here are the "sleeping" (dormant) bears!

Here are the "active" gray squirrels eating nuts and dried berries!