{"id":1765,"date":"2021-12-21T01:32:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T01:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2012\/12\/21\/welcome-winter\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T21:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:05:27","slug":"welcome-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2021\/12\/21\/welcome-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.8;color: #333333;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;background-color: #fffdea;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d6\/CathedralofLearningLawinWinter.jpg\/250px-CathedralofLearningLawinWinter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.8;color: #333333;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;background-color: #fffdea\">Animals handle cold winter weather in a variety of ways. Some travel to a warmer climate. Others grow thicker fur coats so they can stay warm and active during the winter. Many animals hibernate during the coldest weather \u2013 they spend the warmer months eating and storing as much body fat as they can and then live off this extra weight as they sleep. Learn about hibernation as winter starts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the library!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19px;background-color: #fffdea\">\n<li><strong>The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend<\/strong> by John Steptoe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time to Sleep<\/strong> by Denise Fleming<\/li>\n<li><strong>When Will It Be Spring?<\/strong> By Catherine Walters<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Valentine Bears<\/strong> by Eve Bunting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bearymore<\/strong> by Don Freeman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bernard Bear&#8217;s Amazing Adventure<\/strong> by Hans de Beer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wake Me in Spring<\/strong> by James Preller<\/li>\n<li><strong>Every Autumn Comes the Bear<\/strong> by Jim Arnosky<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chipmunk Song<\/strong> by Joanne Ryder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.8;color: #333333;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;background-color: #fffdea\">Play &#8220;hibernation&#8221; &#8211; pretend to be one of the animals you have researched. 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