Ground­hog Day is a fun day to cel­e­brate, but its pic­ture book selec­tion cries out for sup­ple­ments. Sarah at Read It Again! cre­ated a great shadow game last week. My inspi­ra­tion comes from Skip to My Lou.

 

Grass on a stick? Push up the stick and, voilà! Groundhog looks for its shadow!

This could be used to accom­pany just about any Groundhog’s Day rhyme, such as the col­lec­tion at Preschool Express. Use it with a crook-neck lamp to manip­u­late the groundhog’s shadow. Ask the chil­dren ques­tions like “Does it count if we can see the shadow, but the ground­hog can’t see it?”

Today’s Flan­nel Fri­day roundup is hosted by me.