Groundhog Day Unit Study

February 2nd is celebrated as Imbolc, St. Brigid’s Day, Candlemas, and Groundhog Day.

We certainly want to see the end of winter!

The kids loved making crafts and playing with light and shadows.

We like to watch the groundhogs on TV, if he’ll see his shadow. We read books about groundhogs.

We have a family of groundhogs who live near a pond by our house and they really do come out of their burrows at set times every day. They are fuzzy potatoes.

Groundhog Day Activities

• DLTK Crafts
• Edhelper
• Groundhog.org
• Scholastic
• Kids Activities Blog
• Danielle’s Place
• Easy Peasy and Fun
• Pioneer Woman
• The Educators’ Spin on It

Groundhog Books

• Groundhog Weather School: Fun Facts About Weather and Groundhogs by Joan Holub
• Groundhog’s Runaway Shadow by David Biedrzycki 
• Substitute Groundhog by Pat Miller
• Groundhog Gets a Say by Pamela Curtis Swallow
• Groundhog’s Dilemma by Kristen Remenar 
• Groundhog’s Day Off by Robb Pearlman
• Grumpy Groundhog by Maureen Wright
• Groundhog Day! by Gail Gibbons