Story Time Feb 3 2015

It’s Groundhog Day, and everyone is gathered to find out if it’s time for spring. But Groundhog does NOT want to leave his cozy bed in his cozy den. Will the townspeople be able to coax him outside to do his job? Kids will love the humorous antics of Groundhog in this delightful rhyming tale from the author of Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep.










Everybody at the station! It’s time for winter hibernation! The sweet rhyming text of this book will calm even the most rambunctious kids and have them dreaming about what it’s like to hibernate. Young readers will be soothed and delighted as this story introduces them to different types of hibernating animals. The creatures on the train are preparing to snuggle into sleep, although with a passenger list that includes chipmunks, bears, snakes, hedgehogs, groundhogs, frogs, turtles, mice, bats, and more, there’s a lot of noise! Will the hibernating critters ever get to sleep? Take a trip to Hibernation Stationto find out!

Literacy Extenders:

• Teach your child about hibernation, ask them if when they go to sleep at night would that be considered hibernation.
• Ask them what types of preparations they would make if they were getting ready to hibernate? What foods would they gather, which toys would they like to take with.
• Make groundhog predictions...talk about the weather today and ask them if the conditions are more winter or spring like?

CRAFT:

Groundhog Snack

Get some Teddy gram snack crackers and some individual pudding cups and let your little one make their own treat for this winter holiday.