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Nursery Who’s Sleeping? Hibernation Sort Cards

Children sort animals into those that sleep all winter and those that stay awake. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Sorting mat. • 8 animal cards. Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds. Print-ready PDF.

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Who’s Sleeping?: hibernation talk-and-sort cards. A sorting mat and eight animal cards. Some animals sleep for most of the winter, and some stay awake. Children talk about each animal and sort them. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Sorting mat. • 8 animal cards. Ideas for using it: • Sort them: Which animals sleep all winter? Which stay awake? • Shh! Whisper the names of the sleeping animals. • Animal homes: Where do they sleep? Talk about dens, burrows and nests. • Book link: Share a book about winter animals. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. • Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. • Understand ‘why’ questions, like: “Why do you think the caterpillar got so fat?”. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.Read more

Who’s Sleeping?: hibernation talk-and-sort cards. A sorting mat and eight animal cards. Some animals sleep for most of the winter, and some stay awake. Children talk about each animal and sort them. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Sorting mat. • 8 animal cards. Ideas for using it: • Sort them: Which animals sleep all winter? Which stay awake? • Shh! Whisper the names of the sleeping animals. • Animal homes: Where do they sleep? Talk about dens, burrows and nests. • Book link: Share a book about winter animals. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. • Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. • Understand ‘why’ questions, like: “Why do you think the caterpillar got so fat?”. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.

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