Celebrate Groundhog Day 2010 on Tuesday, February 2nd. Honor Punxsutawney Phil with free groundhog lesson plans, pictures, worksheets, word search puzzles, silly games, groundhog puppets, and educational opportunities for teachers, parents and homeschool kids. Internet searches are hot right now, and rightly so. Groundhog Day is tomorrow!
When is Groundhog Day 2010?
Groundhog Day always falls on February 2nd. The popular myth is, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on the morning of Groundhog Day, Phil will go back in his hole, and we'll have six more weeks of winter. If it's cloudy outside, and he doesn't see his shadow, spring will come early.
Free Groundhog Day Activities for Kids
Enchanted Learning has one of the largest educational printable lesson plan sites on the web. You have to become a member to access some of the activities, but it's a bargain when you see all the holiday activities they cover. This is a one-stop-holiday source for not just educational Groundhog Day math worksheets, but for fun things to do as well like Valentine's Day coloring pages and word search puzzles. Amazing selection.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/groundhogday/
Apples 4 the Teacher has a nice selection of free Groundhog Day word search challenges, printable coloring pages, Groundhog Day word jumbles, Animals That Hibernate Memory Game, Groundhog Day poems and rhymes, etc. Although the coloring pages are free and accessible, there are pop up ads that can be annoying. Otherwise, there's plenty of free Groundhog Day activities here.
www.apples4theteacher.com
Kaboose has a few Groundhog Day activities for kids. Not a big selection, but they are free. What they do have is free Valentine's Day crafts ideas and make-your-own Valentine's Day cards and coloring pages. An interesting Valentine's craft is the easy Salt Dough Heart Magnet & Pin for kids ages 5 and up.
http://holidays.kaboose.com/ground-hog-day/
DLTK's Growing Together website does a good job for Groundhog Day. They discuss the History of Groundhog Day, and then go into play time activities for children. An interesting Groundhog toilet paper roll craft, and pop up groundhog craft that's easy for kids to do with a little bit of help. Free Groundhog Day coloring sheets are easy to click and print.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/happy_groundhog.htm
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Written by Donna Diegel
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