Published Nov 10, 2026
Sleeps in winter: ladybug, bat, bear, hedgehog. Awake in winter: penguin, rabbit, fox, owl.
Made with the help of AI from public curriculum standards, then checked. Mistakes can slip through, so please look it over before use. Found one? Tell us and we will fix it.
Hibernation is a favorite winter science topic in kindergarten. This sorting page asks your child to decide which animals rest through the cold months, like bears, bats, hedgehogs and even ladybugs, and which stay active and keep finding food, like foxes, owls and rabbits. Sorting by a rule and explaining the choice is an early science skill. Once the pictures are glued, counting each group and comparing the two totals adds a little math.
Common Core L.K.5: Exploring how words are connected and how their meanings differ
Common Core K.MD.B.3: Sorting things into groups, counting each group, and ranking the groups
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Before cutting, talk about why some animals sleep: food is hard to find when snow covers the ground. Kids often put the bear in the awake box because they have seen bears in winter stories; point out that bears rest in a den for months. Count the animals in each box when you finish.
Easier: Name each animal together and sort them on the table before gluing anything. Leave the cutting to an adult if scissors are still new.
Harder: Ask your child to tell you where each sleeping animal spends the winter, like a den, a burrow or a cave, and to draw one of those places.
Sleeps in winter: ladybug, bat, bear, hedgehog. Awake in winter: penguin, rabbit, fox, owl.
It is made for Kindergarten (ages 5-6). The level is ★ easy, so it works well as a first practice page.
About 20 minutes. Young children can do it in two short sittings with a break in between.
On the second page of the PDF and on this page under Show the answer key. To print for a whole class, print only the first page of the PDF.
Common Core L.K.5 (exploring how words are connected and how their meanings differ); Common Core K.MD.B.3 (sorting things into groups, counting each group, and ranking the groups).
Yes. Print as many copies as you need for your own children or students. Please do not resell it or upload it to other websites.
