We are spending a lot of time talking about hibernation this week and today we found out why a bear hibernates.
Our hibernating bear (a stick of butter kept in a cooler) keeps all his fat so he can awake as a healthy bear when Spring comes. A bear who searches for food all winter (a stick of butter that the students carried around all day) "melts" his fat and won't be able to make it through the winter. It's a little simplified, but the students loved taking turns babysitting the active butter bear all day! I loved the looks on other teacher's faces when they would ask a student what was in the bag followed by, "It's our active butter bear. He's melting. He really should have hibernated like the other bear."
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One of our fantastic students built a dance floor for us on Friday. She invited all of her friends to come to the dance party! I put on some Kids Bop and let the fun begin. Sorry the pictures are so blurry! They are action shots.
We had a VERY messy STEMsday today! The students participated in a variety of winter themed activities including snow slime, melting ice, and exploding rainbow snow! They had so much fun melting ice, that several of the children wanted to melt more ice during center time.
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