{"id":1789,"date":"2017-01-16T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2013\/01\/16\/learn-about-hibernation\/"},"modified":"2017-04-05T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T13:39:51","slug":"learn-about-hibernation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2017\/01\/16\/learn-about-hibernation\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about hibernation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin: 10px 0px;padding: 0px;font-size: 16px;color: #006666;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color: #fffdea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/85\/Bear_hibernating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 10px 0px;padding: 0px;font-size: 16px;color: #006666;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color: #fffdea\"><span style=\"color: #333333;font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.8;font-weight: normal\">Animals handle cold winter weather in different ways. Some, such as birds, butterflies and whales, migrate to warmer climates. Some animals like deer, fox and moose, grow thicker fur coats so they can stay warm during the winter. However many animals hibernate during the coldest weather \u2013 they spend the warmer months of the year eating and storing as much body fat as they can and then live off this extra weight as they sleep in the winter. Bats, some mice, frogs and many squirrels sleep all winter. Others, including chipmunks and raccoons wake up once in a while to eat and then they go back to sleep. Have fun learning about the art of hibernation with your children during this cold time of the year.<\/span><\/h3>\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\"><strong>At the library!<\/strong><\/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\">Look for books about animals in winter.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;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\u2019s 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\">Watch for animals in your neighborhood. Are there more or less than in the warmer weather?<\/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\">Play &#8220;hibernation&#8221; &#8211; pretend to be one of the animals you have researched. 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