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Hibernating Bear

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Materials

Bear puppet Bag or box

Instructions

1. Introduce your bear puppet after reading a story about bears (see suggestions below) atgroup time. Pull him out of a bag or box and surprise the children.

2. Have the bear tell the children that their song woke him up. Make him sound drowsy andmaybe a bit grumpy.

3. He can explain how bears hibernate in the winter. He might mention other animals thathibernate in winter and ask the children questions about winter in general. What do they liketo do in the snow? Do they hibernate, too?More to doArt: Look through magazines for pictures of bears and make a class collage.

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