Groundhog Day FREEBIES

Kids LOVE puppets. It doesn't matter how simple they are. And that's why my classes always love this Groundhog Day activity.

This is a new and improved update of a five-year-old post, but these are still my favourite go-to Groundhog Day activities so I wanted to be sure to share them again.

First we make the "ground". We use stretched-out cotton balls for the snow and a fringed piece of green construction paper for the grass underneath.

Then bones, rocks, spiders, ladybugs, etc. are drawn onto the soil with felt pens. And of course we add the poem:


Mr. Groundhog down below Pops up through the fluffy snow Wide awake he wants to play Spring is on its way HURRAY!!!!!

Then the little paper groundhog is coloured and glued to a craft stick.

Lastly, the ground is glued into a cylindrical shape and we chant the poem while popping the groundhog up and down through the burrow. This is their favourite part!

The other activity we do without fail is this little rebus story. We read the story together a few times (it's great for predicting words that make sense), and then I get the kids to cut and glue the missing pictures (we don't cut out the words). They colour it, then we practice reading the story some more.

Click here for all the above activities!
 
Update: All the pics are now in black and white.

And here's a really cute activity I found at Artists Helping Children:

Source: Artists Helping Children

(The link to the directions is broken but you can see how

to make the pencil topper from the picture)

These are the books we read. Go To Sleep, Groundhog! is my personal favourite.

CLICK HERE for some more fabulous Groundhog Day Books.

I have some free groundhog clipart on Grade ONEderful Designs.


Hope you enjoy this. Please be sure to leave a quick comment if you snag the freebies ... and have a great evening!


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