Hibernation Unit Study for Preschool and Kindergarten, 4-Week Winter Animals, Bears and Bread Baking with 6 Kid-Friendly Recipes, Ages 2-6
By Es by the Sea Unit Studies
This hibernation unit study is about everybody getting ready for winter. The bears are eating everything, the squirrels are burying everything, and the bread is rising on your counter. It’s a 4-week preschool and kindergarten unit on how animals and people prepare for the cold, for ages 2–6. Getting Ready for Winter: Bears, Bread & the Big Sleep is a buffet, not a checklist. The read-alouds plus one field trip ARE the unit. THREE LIVING EXPERIMENTS, ALL MONTH: - A Wild Yeast Jar on the counter, a Worm Hotel in a cool corner, and a Squirrel Watch Station at the window. Each takes about two minutes a day, and your kids see “getting ready” happen in real time. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - The Winter-Prep Walk: who’s getting ready, and how can you tell? - How Big Is a Bear? String bears on the floor and a butter-stick cub - The fat glove test, a bear den, and an awake bear’s heartbeat vs. a sleeping one’s - The Caching Game: hide ten, map them, find them, then plant the forgotten acorns - The Big Sort: migrate, hibernate, or stay? Then fly the V - The finale: the Hyperphagia Feast and the Big Sleep - 11 hands-on science activities and 12 read-alouds THE KITCHEN (6 RECIPES): - The Wild Yeast Jar, Little Red Hen Honey-Wheat Bread, Shake-a-Jar Butter, Real Hot Chocolate, Wild Yeast Bread, and the Bear Buffet. Each one is written out in full with kid jobs for every age and a printable recipe card. EASY TO RUN: - A contents page, a week-by-week plan, and a library hold list you can take to the d
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