Hibernation and Migration

 Welcome

Last week was another week filled with learning and crafting.

It was fun to find out what animals hibernated and why the birds fly south for the winter.

So, here's what we did last week.

Hibernating Bears

This cute printable was fun to make.

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Animals that Hibernate

This puppet printable was very cute.  After colouring them, I cut them out and we glued them onto a stick.  One side showed the animal awake and the other side asleep.

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Sleeping Bear

I made a paper cone that we decorated for the cave, then coloured a sleeping bear to put inside.

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Flying Geese

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Where Do They Sleep?

We coloured the animals, then learned about where they sleep in the winter.

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Migration and Remembrance Day

 

How does a Pumpkin Grow?

We made a spinner to learn how the pumpkin goes from seed to fully grown.

I found the print outs online.

Below is a video of the spinner in action.

Migrating Geese

Since I live near a Conservation Area, we are seeing a lot of geese flying overhead.  

We made this mobile to show the geese flying.

here is the printout I used:

Flying Geese

Remembrance Day

We made these lovely poppy pictures to remember all those who helped make our country so great.

Colouring Sheet 

We made it into a banner.

Poppies to wear too.

Flying Geese

We made these simple flying geese using a paper plate. 

I added string and a stick for flying.

Experiment

Since we were talking about migration this week and why the birds migrate, it was a good time for some hands on learning.

So I filled a dish with some water and we dropped in some Cheerios.  I asked the kids to pick a cheerio out of the water....that was what it is like for the birds to get food in the summer.

Then we put the dish with the cereal into the freezer and when it was frozen, kids tried to pick out the cereal and couldn't as it was frozen under the ice.  That was the winter and why the birds fly south where it is warm and they can still get their food.

This was an awesome activity and they all had a better understanding of why instead of me just telling them.  Some of them even went home and wanted to try the experiment again.

Well thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.