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Patterns and Friendship celebration

Animal behaviour in winter For the last several weeks we have been learning about animals behaviours in winter. Hopefully your child explained the various adaptations that animals adapt to survive in the winter. They brought home a worksheet earlier this month that can be used as a starting point for conversation. They practiced in English and French at school so that they could share their knowledge with you. We also polled various classes with pets as to whether or not they noticed any changes in the class pets this January.  We learned about various animals that hibernate and also learned the difference between hibernation and torpor. Bears actually go into torpor during the winter months. You can ask your child to sing our song about hibernation. For animals that migrate we have been practicing many different animal poses. This also helps to get us up and moving on these wet days. Watch for a worksheet to come home soon about migrating animals.  Patterns  As you ma