At Storytime today, the day after the groundhog saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter, we read a realistic fiction book about animals and their behaviors this time of year.
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner is the story of a child skiing over snow while her father tells her about the animals around and beneath it. It's been one of my favorites winter read-alouds for a long time. If you'd like to hear the author herself read it, there's a link right
here.
We also read two other books about animals in winter, ones where the animal talked and behaved like people. They were not realistic, but they were still good stories!
Then we made this little googly-eyed groundhog, popping up from a snowy paper cup den to look around for his shadow. When he sees it, he can pop back down again! Six more weeks of winter - how can a groundhog be so sure?
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