Happy GroundHog Day

well if you missed the big news of the morning, Mr. Punxsutawney Phil

did indeed see his shadow, scaring him back into his hole with a prediction of another six weeks of winter. Want to read the whole story? Phil sees his Shadow

The kids have actually been talking quite a bit about this calendar day in bits and pieces all week. This morning, we were blessed with an hour's time (usually spent in the computer lab but 2nd grade was taking their ISIP assessment) to learn more.

We read Substitute Groundhog were Groundhog is too sick to perform his duties and so he interviews other animals to help him by coming out of his hole on Groundhog Day

Afterwards, we made our own groundhog book (check out your child's folder to see their own personal copy)

This afternoon, when I caught the sun poking out from behind the clouds, we quick went out onto the playground to go shadow hunting