On February 2, a groundhog is said to forecast the weather by looking for his shadow. If it’s sunny out, and he sees his shadow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. On the other hand, a cloudy Groundhog Day is supposed to mean that we will have an early spring.  We celebrated Groundhog Day by learning all kinds of amazing groundhog facts – including what they eat, where they live, and how they make it through tough winters!

We also went outside to see if we could see our shadows, and we did not. . . so we predict that we will have an early spring!

This made us curious about shadows, so we learned how to make shadow puppets with our hands.   

Try this activity at home.  It was fun!