We did not get to the museum today to see the local groundhog's prediction due to the ice/snow storm. Thankfully, I hadn't played it up too much about going after hearing the warning come out on Monday. So D&K weren't disappointed especially since daddy didn't have to work today and stayed home with us. :o)
We had finished reading this book yesterday in preparation for Groundhog's Day today. It had two chapters so we read one Monday and the other one Tuesday. It was a cute little story about Phil and his family in their burrow and his prediction on his birthday - Groundhog's Day! The kids learned about hibernation & burrows. (I bought this book at a thrift store in PA last summer - gotta love 39 cent books!)
Kate colored this groundhog picture today...you can barely see the outline as she was trying to hurry and get it colored. She gets frustrated with big areas of coloring even though I've taught her the "tricks" to color them in quickly. Oh well, it'll come, right?!
Kate also enjoyed matching shadows...she first found the groundhog's shadow and circled it. She then matched all the other shadows to the correct animals by drawing lines to each one.
Drew completed this groundhog maze with a little difficulty (I always like when I can find challenging things for him as most things are usually too easy!)...He wanted to do it in marker instead of pencil and so it looks like a lot more lines than it actually was to get to the end.
The kids watched Punxsutawney Phil's prediction via YouTube this morning. It was funny to hear the guy say right before reading Phil's prediction that "The Steelers will win the Super Bowl!" and see his Steeler's scarf as Punxsutawney isn't far from Pittsburgh! :o) Maybe one of these years we'll make the trip there to see Phil! Drew heard that Phil didn't see his shadow and so spring should be right around the corner...ha! We'll believe it when we see/feel it! :o)We read this about the groundhog today...they're so cute! And reviewed what burrow and hibernate mean...even Kate knows now!
For history today, Drew listened to a story about a pilgrim boy who caused trouble for the men building the common house at Plymouth. He found out the boy put an arrow (stick) through an oil paper window that they used for windows in the house. Drew made his own "oil paper window" today and thought it was so cool, especially when he began to smear oil on the piece of paper bag and could see straight through it!
Seeing if the light comes through - he had held up the piece of paper bag to the window before putting oil on it and saw hardly any light came through...
Kate doing one of her "activity bag" activities...measuring/sorting various lengths of ribbon. She had fun "inching" them over to the correct piles after she measured them.
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