Thursday, December 22, 2011

Bear Hibernation -creative playtime

Today we read and talked all about the Winter Solstice and read:


WE sang a Rhyme sung to the tune of Farmer in the Dell

Its time to hibernate, It time to hibernate
When its cold and wintery,its time to hibernate

A door mouse curls up tight
A door mouse curls up tight
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate
Its time to hibernate, It time to hibernate
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate


Bears go sleep in thier caves
Bears go sleep in thier caves
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate
Its time to hibernate, It time to hibernate
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate


A groundhog goes in its den
A groundhog goes in its den
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate
Its time to hibernate, It time to hibernate
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate


Some frogs sleep in the mud
Some frogs sleep in the mud
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate
Its time to hibernate, It time to hibernate
When its cold and wintery, its time to hibernate

We found a nice cave (box) for our bear Otis, then added items for his wintertime cave. We added silk flowers, twigs, playfood that would be naturally found in nature (except for a felt peanut butter sandwhich Robin insisted on adding because the bear found it out side where a little girl must have dropped it.) We gave Otis a big hug then sealed up the box. Our bear will stay there until Springtime (I am sure my kids will insist on peeking at him from time to time)

loaded up cave!


Decorating the Cave (box) we wrote things on it like Do not Disturb! Shhhh! Beware of sleeping bear!


I found this toy to today while Duck was shopping for a gift for Owl.

Kido A to Z Magnatab

It has little magnets that fit into the little bubbles to push down with your fingers tracing them or use back of pen, then use the magnet side of the pen to pop the little balls back up. An ingenous way to teach letter. Duck bought the number one for Owl hoping to recieve the others from Grandma for Christmas!

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