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Homeschool Unit Studies: Hibernation Unit Study

November 9, 2017 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Hibernation Unit for Homeschoolers
Homeschool Unit Studies: Hibernation Unit - Look! We're Learning!

We’re sharing another entry in our homeschool unit studies series today: a free hibernation unit study!

Since winter time is fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to look at hibernation – how it works, what it is, and which animals do it every year. Plus, it’s a great excuse for talking about sleep, which I desperately need more of these days. (I’m sure I’m not alone there.)

Hibernation Unit for Kids

Even if your kids are always on the move and rarely want to sleep (like mine), learning about hibernation is just plain fun! It’s really amazing to learn about mammals that sleep most of the winter season and what they do to prepare for that time of year. And that’s what this hibernation unit is designed to help kids do!

If you enjoy this unit, don’t miss our bears unit study and our list of children’s books about owls!

This hibernation unit study is full of fun hibernation crafts and activities for kids!

Hibernation Unit Study

When we put together a unit study, we typically include books, crafts, printables, and more. While I don’t always use every resource, I like to have as many as I can. That way, we can always stretch a topic out if the kids are super interested.

In this hibernation unit, you’ll find books about hibernation, hibernation notebooking pages, crafts and activities for learning about hibernation, and a super cool hibernation facts video that really explains this process in kid-friendly terms.

Hibernation Notebooking Pages

Hibernation Themed Notebooking Pages

These free hibernation notebooking pages are great for keeping up with the facts kids learn about hibernating animals.

Printable Hibernation Notebooking Pages for Kids

Students can even use them to write down some of the answers to the questions about hibernation they learn during the hibernation unit!

Hibernation Notebooking Pages for Kids

Get your set free by just clicking the image or link below!

Hibernation Notebooking Pages

>>>Free Hibernation Notebooking Pages<<<<

What is Hibernation?

Watch the video below and see if the kids can answer the questions that follow! (The hibernation notebooking pages are great for taking notes as the kids watch, by the way.)

1. What is hibernation? (Answer: The long sleep that some animals take during winter.)
2. Why do animals hibernate? (Answer: Because the weather gets cold and food becomes hard to find.)
3. How do animals prepare for hibernation? (Answer: As winter gets closer, they eat a lot of food to store fat that will keep them alive during winter.)
4. Why do some animals store food before winter? (Answer: These animals wake up from their hibernation to eat a little.)
5. Name a few animals that hibernate. (Answer: Bats, snakes, bears, hedgehogs, ground squirrels, groundhogs, and marmots)
6. Where do animals hibernate? (Answer: Wherever they feel safe from predators. Some hibernate in caves and some hibernate under the ground.)
7. What is the difference between sleep and hibernation? (Answer: During hibernation, the animal’s body temperature drops and its heart rate slows down. These things don’t happen during regular sleep.)
8. What is it called when animals hibernate during summer? (Answer: Aestivation)

Winter Playdough Mats for Kids

These hibernation books for kids are awesome for studying how animals prepare for winter!

Hibernation Books for Kids:

Share a cozy storytime session with these kids’ books about hibernation! (Affiliate links provided here. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  1. Don’t Wake Mr. Bear! by Jill Newton
  2. Scholastic Reader Level 2: Hibernation by Tori Kosara
  3. Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows
  4. Hibernation (Patterns in Nature Series) by Margaret Hall
  5. What is Hibernation? (Science of Living Things) by John Crossingham
  6. Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
  7. Sleepover with Beatrice and Bear by Monica Carnesi
  8. National Geographic Kids: Sleep, Bear! by Shelby Alinsky
  9. When It Starts to Snow (An Owlet Book) by Phillis Gershator
  10. Baxter’s Hibernation by Michelle M. Birkenstock

Fun Hibernation Crafts and Activities for Kids

Hibernation Crafts and Printables:

Try these crafts and printables about hibernation for more learning fun during your hibernation unit!

  1. Printable Early Reader Hibernation Books – The Measured Mom
  2. Hibernation Sensory Bag – School Time Snippets
  3. Paper Bag Chipmunk Craft – I Heart Crafty Things
  4. Animals in Winter Printable – 3 Boys and a Dog
  5. Hibernating Bear Craft – Apples and ABCs
  6. Hibernation Vs Migration: Animal Sorting Activity – Totschooling
  7. Hibernating Bear Paper Bag Craft – Almost Unschoolers
  8. H is for Hibernation Craft – Teaching Mama
  9. Hibernating Bear Paper Plate Craft – A Little Pinch of Perfect
  10. Hibernating Animal Puppets – Love to Teach

Share the fun hibernation crafts and activities in this hibernation unit study with the kids this winter!

Did you enjoy this hibernation unit study? Check these posts out also!

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These winter books for kids are great for sharing as a family!

Plus, get more ideas for homeschool units on my Unit Studies Pinterest board!

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