Lesson Plan: ¡A dormir, dormilón!
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Learning Objective
Children will identify animals that hibernate in winter.
Science Focus: hibernation
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Paired Text: Osito blanco by Piers Harper
Paired Text: Osito blanco by Piers Harper
- This young bear wakes up in spring after a long winter of hibernation. His mom tells him to go out and explore. He has a great time, but at the end of the day, he realizes he's lost his way back home.
- This book is perfect for creating follow-up stories about what happens to animals when they wake up at the end of winter.
Draw the Word: hibernar
Draw the Word: hibernar
- Kids learned the word hibernar from the mini book. Help make the word “stick” by having kids draw what the word means.
- Use our Dibuja la palabra skill sheet or have kids draw it in a word journal.

Hands-on Activity: Haz el nido de la ardilla listada
Hands-on Activity: Haz el nido de la ardilla listada
Skill: content knowledge
Materials: Make a Chipmunk Nest skill sheets, glue, natural items such as leaves and grasses or art materials such as paper, tissue, and yarn
- Pass out the skill sheets. Explain that the chipmunk is ready to hibernate. Kids need to create a cozy nest!
- Go out and collect natural items for a soft bed or give kids materials such as leaf-shaped tissue or construction paper and yarn “grass.”
- Kids can color in the chipmunk and paste their items around it to make the nest.
