Today we read stories about bears (and a few other animals) settling down to hibernate for winter.
Books:
“Don’t Wake Up the Bear” by Marjorie Dennis Murray
“Time to Sleep” by Denise Fleming
“Bear Snores On” by Karma Wilson
Click here to order these books from the Heights Library catalog
Our craft project was to make a collage of a bear sleeping inside a snow-covered cave. Paper plates work great for this when cut in half. The rest can be accomplished with a piece of blue construction paper and whatever colorful scrap paper you have lying around. Here is my sample and a couple of the kids’ creations:
