Groundhog Day Activities for Your Classroom or Homeschool

It’ll be Groundhog Day on February 2 … a perfect holiday for adding some fun activities to your classroom or homeschool.

I’m a fan of using special events to add some fun to your classroom or homeschool. Last March, I had a post with lots of calendar resources for creating special events based on the date: Enliven Your Homeschool with Some Calendar Fun.

I have a February Themed Activities for Kids post with themed activities throughout the month.

I also have a post with Free Groundhog Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time (It also includes YouTube educational videos about Groundhog Day!)

Kids’ Groundhog Day Activities Pinterest Board

Kids’ Groundhog Day Activities Pinterest Board

I have a Kids’ Groundhog Day Activities Pinterest Board filled with activities of all types for a number of ages and levels. Plan a Groundhog Day celebration, or just add an activity your students or child would enjoy. If you have a homeschool, your child can even help you pick out the activity or activities.

Montessori-Inspired Groundhog Day

Since Groundhog Day is typically only celebrated for one day, it might seem like too much work to create a special activity tray for a preschooler. For a one-day homeschool event, I recommend keeping things simple unless you’d enjoy planning a more elaborate event. And you may always keep an activity out longer than one day if you wish, especially if your child enjoys the activity.

If you’re creating a hands-on activity tray using a printable, you could leave the cardstock unlaminated rather than laminating the activity (which I almost always do now for homeschooling, anyway). If there won’t be a tremendous amount of use, it saves the time and expense of lamination. After Groundhog’s Day, you can save the activity for another year when you might find a way to extend the activity for a higher level if needed.

Have fun! 🙂

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