Original Author: Unknown

Introduce preschoolers to the winter concept of hibernation with a catchy tune they’ll love! This playful bear song uses humor and repetition to help children understand how animals rest through the winter.

Sung to: “Are you sleeping?” Also known as “Frere Jacques.”

Bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping.
In a cave, in a cave.
I wonder when he’ll come out,
I wonder when he’ll come out.
In the spring, in the spring.