Animals In Winter Circle Time Songs, Rhymes, Migration, Hibernation, Adaptation

Learn about Animals in Winter, migration, animal adaptations, and hibernation with these fun circle time songs, rhymes, chants, poems, and activities. Included you’ll find lively songs (sung to tunes you already know) poems, rhymes, movement activities, a ten-frame game, emergent reader mini-books to make, and more! You'll also find developmentally appropriate info to share with your students.

These songs and rhymes will keep your crew engaged and learning. Singing and rhyming will help your students distinguish adaptation, hibernation, and migration and help new concepts and definitions stick!

What's Included in Animals in Winter Songs and Rhymes?

•20 Songs and Rhymes in color and b/w PLUS one BONUS SONG!

•2 No-Prep printables

•3 Emergent Reader Mini-booklets

•3 Posters in color and b/w

•Acorn Ten-Frame Game

•23 Vocabulary Cards and 3 Headers in color and b/w

This resource begins with a general song about people getting ready for winter (which clothes are best for cold weather), followed by a song that wonders what animals might do to get ready for winter. Then there are general songs about adaptation, migration, and hibernation, as well as specific songs about the following animals:

1. Arctic Fox

2. Cardinal

3. Squirrels (2 songs )

4. Honeybees

5. Ladybugs

6. Bears

7. Frogs

8. Fish

9. Snakes

10. Snow Geese

11. Monarch Butterflies

12. Humpback Whales

All pages come in color and in black and white.

How can I use Animals in Winter Songs and Rhymes in my classroom?

• Use the songs and rhymes during circle time, whole group instruction, and assemblies
• Make a chart of a favorite for shared reading
• Perfect for Poetry Binders
• Use during breaks to sing, clap, and get the wiggles out
• Finding vowels, capital letters, sight words, rhyming words
• Slip a few song pages in page protectors to create a class book for your library for students to sing independently
• Clap rhythms to work on syllables
• Introduce new vocabulary and concepts
• Use the posters, headers, and vocabulary cards for anchor charts, booklet-making, and writing prompts
• Print two copies of the vocabulary cards to make a quick matching game for center time

What age group is Animals in Winter Songs and Rhymes written for?

This resource was especially written for students in PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade.

What are teachers saying about Animals in Winter Songs and Rhymes?

My class is talking about Animals in Winter the next couple of weeks. This is perfect for what we are talking about and learning. - Larra M.

My students loved the songs and rhymes. They were perfect for helping students review and reinforce the different concepts! - Jennifer K.

Fun songs and activities to teach kids about what animals do in the winter. Thank you! My students loved them! -Kelli P.

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