25 of the Best Preschool Hibernation Activities

25+ of the Best Preschool Hibernation Activities

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ART: Make stuffed bears and tuck them into bed for the winter.

ART: Print off the free pattern to make a paper bag skunk. (I Heart Crafty Things)

ART: Make a hedgehog from a pine cone. (Red Ted Art)

DRAMATIC PLAY: Turn your dramatic play area into a bear’s den.

DRAMATIC PLAY: Create hibernating animal puppets using this free printable (Lovetoteach)

FINE MOTOR: After making a hibernation sensory bag, manipulate the animals to find places they can hibernate. (School Time Snippets)

FINE MOTOR: Download one of these bear printables for a fine motor activity. (Totally Tots)

STEM: Add some engineering by making dens for winter animals. (Fun-a-Day)

SENSORY BIN: Scoop rice to hide the animals for winter. (Busy Toddler)

LITERACY: Put the animals in a mitten with this book retelling activity. (Hands On Teaching Ideas)

LITERACY: After reading Every Autumn Comes the Bear, make a cave from a paper plate. (Almost Unschoolers)

LITERACY: When finished reading Time To Sleep, make this painted bear craft. (Preschool Powol Packets)

LITERACY: After making bear caves, you can turn them into a letter recognition game. (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

COLORS: Sort colored bears and place them in their matching caves.

MATH: Strengthen math skills while playing this bear more or less game. (Pre-K Pages)

MATH: While reading the book Bear Counts, sort and count plastic counting bears.

WRITING TABLE: Add some bear color pages along with crayons or markers. (Free printable!)

COOKING: Invite the children to make yummy snacks that go with the hibernation theme. (Preschool Plan-It)

COOKING: Use a simple bread recipe to make some delicious hedgehog rolls. (Rainy Day Mum)

SNACK: After reading Bear Snores On, makes some honey tea. (My Story Time Corner)

CENTERS: Trillium Montessori shares many hibernating activities for kids. (I love their unit studies shelf!)

CENTERS: Welcome to Mommyhood in Holland shares ideas for a hibernation activity shelf.

CIRCLE TIME: Make your own bear props that the children can hold while reading bear books. (Free printable!)

CIRCLE TIME: Recite the rhyme I’m a Big, Big Bear while also moving the body. (Preschool Powol Packets)

SCIENCE: Explore hibernation with this hedgehog hibernation basket. (The Imagination Tree)

MUSIC: Sing one of these hibernation songs. (Fun 4 Kids)

MUSIC: This Five Brown Bears song is a fun way to work on counting skills. (Flannel Board Fun)

What about toddlers?

Check out how we created a hibernation theme that was tailored for our youngest students: How to Teach Toddlers About Animals that Hibernate