Animals in Winter
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What do animals do in the winter?
Read this one on one and talk about how animals change their behavior when the weather turns cold. Children can practice listening for winter science words and thinking about what animals need in a season that feels different from the others.
It works well for preschool science time, especially when you want a short read and a simple conversation. As you read, pause to ask what the child thinks animals do in winter and connect the idea to the weather they know.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Animals in Winter into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Winter science vocabulary
- Animal behavior
- Seasonal changes
- Listening and speaking
- Observation and prediction
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you think animals need to do when winter gets cold and snowy?
- 2 Have you seen any animals act differently when the weather changes?
- 3 Why might some animals sleep more or stay hidden in winter?
- 4 What do you think animals need in winter to stay safe and warm?
- 5 How does winter change the places where animals live?
- 6 What clues could we look for outside to tell how animals are handling winter?
Words to Learn
- winter
- The coldest season of the year.
- animal
- A living thing that is not a plant and needs food, water, and air.
- hibernate
- To sleep for a long time during the winter.
- migrate
- To move to a warmer place for a season.
- shelter
- A safe place that helps keep an animal warm and protected.
- survive
- To stay alive and stay safe.
- season
- A part of the year with its own kind of weather.
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