For Reading Comprehension/Writing, we looked through the book "What Will the Weather Be Like Today?" again and I had her write down all of the weather adjectives. She did this wonderfully. And with that, Reading Comp. was complete.
I ended the morning by introducing Babe to Groundhog Day. I read the book "Gretchen Groundhog, It's Your Day!" by Abby Levine. This was an awesome book to introduce the idea of Groundhog Day to them! It was about Gretchen being scared of her first Groundhog Day, how she didn't want to disappoint anyone in front of all the reporters and cameras. Really a very cute book. After I read it, I had Babe tell me what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the book. She did. Then I had them all go sit at the table for our Groundhog craft! But before I prepared them all, I had Babe write down today's date and her prediction of what the groundhog will see or not see this year.
"I do not think the groundhog will see his shato."
Shato. So cute. I told her we will check on Thursday whether he sees his shadow or not!
Back to the craft. I found this idea on Pinterest and thought it was perfect for the little ones. I prepared for each of them a sheet of black paper with a groundhog outline taped to it. Then they painted the black paper around their groundhog white. Then we peeled the groundhog off and voila! The groundhog's shadow is left! They all loved this. I knew they would!
When all the paint was cleaned up, we went outside and I showed them a new game called "Shadow Tag", where instead of tagging each other, they had to step on each other's shadows. THAT WAS FUN. I of course joined in and got my butt whooped by a three-year-old. Then we all got on our Razor scooters and played Shadow Tag that way.
Way more fun than dangerous. I promise.
With everyone exhausted from organized play, it was time to relax and eat lunch, then everyone got a one hour power nap before dance. Our Groundhog Day discussion continues Thursday!
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