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Muy despierto en invierno Lesson Plan
1. Build Knowledge With a Video
- Watch our video Dormilones de invierno.
- Afterward, talk about what the different animals were doing in the video. Some were going to sleep, but some, like the deer, were awake!
2. Read and Think
- Read the magazine together.
- Complete our Demuestra lo que sabes skill sheet to reinforce the key takeaways from the issue.
3. Fun Skills Practice
- With our Find the Hibernators game, kids can have fun looking for sleeping animals!
- Build basic concepts of print as well as beginning writing skills with our Desenreda la oración skill sheet.
Hands-on Activity
Construye una guarida
Materials: stuffed animal or plastic animal figurine, variety of materials such as a shoebox, newspapers, tape, towels, and so on
- Talk about how bears and other hibernators need a safe, warm place to sleep over the winter. A den is a place where bears are protected from snow and cold winds.
- Provide kids with a variety of open-ended materials, such as those listed above. How might they use these materials to create a den for the animal? Allow children to experiment.
- To help guide children’s building, you might invite them to “check their work” with a small electric fan. If the “wind” is getting in, that means there’s a spot that needs covering up!