Animals in Winter

In recent newsletters you may have read about our study of animals in winter.  Through books, videos, and exploration in the woods we've been learning about the three ways the animals around us cope with the cold, Vermont winter- they migrate, hibernate or adapt.  We had a great discussion after watching an episode of The Magic School Bus in which Ms. Frizzle's class visits the arctic- we decided that that our jackets, snowpants and mittens are the "insulation" that keeps our body heat in just like a seal's blubber, the walls of a thermos or a goose's feathers!  Here are some photos of us exploring the winter woods, discovering possible animal homes, modeling our own clay animals who stay active during the winter and making a book for our book boxes with all these facts.