Groundhog's Day

It's Groundhog's Day and so we celebrated with a few activities.

2 Teaching Mommies has a fun and very cute Groundhog mini unit.

 Can Do Kinders has a cute printable poem.  You cut up the words and make a pocket poem.

 We just worked on our on the floor.  My son then read most of the poem by himself.  :)

 I decided to try this 100 Chart that is in the shape of a groundhog when you color it.  My son did need a little help understanding what to do, but he did a pretty good job. I thought it was a fun way to get him more familiar with some of the higher numbers.

Here is a fun little Groundhog's Day song that you can listen to and sing a long with on youtube.

We did some fun activities last year as well.  You can check those out here. 

Groundhog's Day

Gathering Time:

Show a picture of a groundhog

Explain what Groundhog’s Day is (use pop-up puppet)

Sing “I’m a Little Groundhog”  tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”

Focus Activities:

Trace your shadow

Make your own pop-up puppet

Groundhog Headband

Pretend to be a groundhog popping out of a laundry basket or a large cardboard box- use headband

Other Possibilities:

Groundhog online games

RESOURCES:

http://www.universalpreschool.com

http://www.groundhog.org

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

http://www.perpetualpreschool.com

http://www.preschoolexpress.com