Time for the Thursday 13 – Thirteen ways (and more!) to celebrate Groundhog Day with your little ones

This winter has been a tough one – it seems everyone is suffering from a bad case of cabin fever and when-will-it-be-spring-itis. I’m afraid our poor little Maya believes that when we moved last summer, we took her from the land of grass and sunshine and playgrounds to live on a Russian tundra.

Those of us who are older, although it’s hard to remember right now, know that Spring Will Come Again! I plan to seize Groundhog Day as a way to bring that idea home.

Here we go…

1. The official site of Punxsutawny Phil

2. Make a pop-up groundhog puppet

3. Or a mask for your little Groundhog!

4. DLTK has a cute groundhog toilet paper roll craft  (if you’re really freaky about germs, especially in a childcare setting – you can always cut a paper towel roll down to size)

5. Awwww…..a sweet little pompom groundhog asleep in egg carton cups!

6. Explore shadows with my preschool hero – Jean Warren

7. More advanced lesson plans about Shadows

8. Groundhog day printables – mini books and writing paper

9. Groundhog day printables – wordsearch

10. Online jigsaw puzzles for Groundhog day

11. Shadow or no Shadow? Printable coloring pages

12. Phil’s Math Message – a coded worksheet

13. Write a short poem for Groundhog day and read poems by other children

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