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In kindergarten this week, we have been talking about winter. Monday, I read the kids a non-fiction book about animals in winter and introduced the kids to vocabulary like "hibernation," "migration," and "burrow."

There is a place in the book that shows a woodchuck's burrow. The kids were very interested in the tunnels, bathroom chamber, and sleeping chamber. We discussed how many burrowing animals will have more than one entrance to fool predators. After discussing the book, we did a "directed drawing" of a woodchuck's burrow. We labeled parts and then some of the kids asked if they could color the drawings.

I reminded the children that this was a "science" drawing, so accuracy in color is important. The kids decided that brown was probably going to be the predominant color, since the picture of the burrow was under a winter landscape. Some children put green on a few trees and colored the hibernating woodchuck with tan and brown colored pencils.

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How precious! I love the "wallpaper" explanation!!! This made my stop on this board enjoyable and worth the time! GRITS

On 1/18/09, Louisiannie cross-posting KimKca wrote: > In kindergarten this week, we have been talking about > winter. Monday, I read the kids a non-fiction book about > animals in winter and introduced the kids to vocabulary > like "hibernation," "migration," a...See More
Feb 3, 2009


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