64. Hungry and Hibernating Bears

Grab our free printable arctic animal cards to extend the learning and fun of this episode at www.clapforclassics.com/episode64

For more winter content from our Four Seasons Course check out episode 38 and episode 39.

Clear some space to move for the first activity!

This is a song/activity that just needs to be experienced again and again. Your child will love pretending to hibernate, and waking you up when spring returns. Learn the song so that you can sing it away from the screen.

Feel free to expand the story as you repeat the song for the 5th, 10th or 20th time. (What is the bear eating? Where is the bear running? What is the den like? What does the bear say when s/he wakes up for spring time?)

In Spring and Summer I’m a bundle of fun!

I play and growl and run run run! (run run run! Run run run!)

In fall I’m busy eating food.

I eat and eat and eat and eat (and eat and eat and eat and eat)

‘Til winter chills my mood

Now it’s time to hibernate

I slow down and take a break

I curl up in my cozy den

And rest ‘til spring returns again…

The second activity is a song and a game!

Play hide and seek! The polar bear is ‘it’ and the seal/s hide while the polar bear sings the song. When the polar bear gets to the word LUNCH, s/he goes to find the seals. The seal/s can give clues to their location by playing a rhythm instrument like a shaker.

You can optionally use our printable arctic animals, and hide the seal card instead of having someone “be” the seal.

Learn more about polar bears and seals. Start with our printable Arctic Animal Cards (pictures on the front, and facts on the back) - then dive deeper by checking out books from the library or doing your own online research.

My blubber keeps me nice and warm

My fur’s as white as snow

I smell a seal from miles away,

And then I’ve got to go

I’ve got to go find that seal, cuz I’m hungry!

I’ve got to go find that seal for my lunch!

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Music credit: Kathryn Lieppman wrote both of the songs that we share in the episode today.