According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow,
there will be six more weeks of winter weather.
If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring.
Make a Groundhog Hat - staple to a headband
http://www.daniellesplace.com/images/groundhoghatpat.gif
Groundhog Day Online Word Search
http://wilstar.com/holidays/puzzles/groundhogdaypuzzle.htm
Groundhog Pictures to Color
http://www.theholidayspot.com/groundhogday/pics_to_color.htm
More Groundhog Coloring Pages
http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/color/cpgroundhog.shtml
Help The Groundhog Find Its Shadow
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag26.html
Help Georgie get out of bed and to the sunshine
http://www.kinderteacher.com/images/groundhogmaze2.gif
Make a Pop Up Groundhog
Send a Groundhog Day ECard
http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showthumbs.pl?q1=efeb_groundhogday&log=theholidayspot
Groundhog Poem
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/Groundhog/guide/ghpoem1.gif
Make Shadows
Flashlight Day Ideas
Groundhog Day Activities
http://www.groundhog.org/activities/
Perpetual Preschool
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/groundhog.html
Debi's Unit Factory
http://www.themeunits.com/February_bk.html
Groundhog Fun
http://childfun.com/index.php/holidays/winter-holidays/groundhog-day.html
http://www.kinderteacher.com/GroundHogDayActivities.htm
Groundhog Info
Some Groundhog Facts
http://www.groundhogs.com/new_page_3.htm
http://www.groundhog.org/about/funfacts.php
Online Groundhog Day Quiz
http://www.theholidayspot.com/groundhogday/quiz.htm
Groundhog Day Info
http://www.wilstar.com/holidays/grndhog.htm
A Website by The Committee for the Commercialization of Groundhog Day
http://www.groundhogsday.com/
The Official Site of the Punxutawney Groundhog Club
http://www.groundhog.org/
Canada's Groundhog: Willie
http://www.wiarton-willie.org/index.cfm
PeeWee, the Mile Square Farm Spokeschuck
http://www.vtonly.com/peewee.htm
Education World Groundhog Day Lesson Plans
Punxutawney Phil of Pennsylvania Teavher Resources
http://www.groundhog.org/teachers/
Hear Groundhog Sounds and Get Info
http://www.hoghaven.com/
Songs
CanTeach Songs
http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/songspoems12.html
I am a Groundhog Song
Mr. Groundhog
Tune: Frere Jacques
Mr. Groundhog, Mr. Groundhog,
Are you there? Are you there?
Will you see your shadow?
We all want to know.
Groundhog day, Groundhog day.
*****
Little Groundhog
Twinkle, Twinkle
Little groundhog down below,
Underneath the wintry snow.
Come on out and tell us true...
Is Spring coming? Is Winter through?
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Here's a Little Groundhog
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
Here's a little groundhog
Furry and brown
He's coming up
To look around
If he sees his shadow
Down he goes
Then six more weeks
Of winter snows.
I'm a Little Groundhog
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
I'm a little groundhog.
Fuzzy and brown.
When winter comes.
I sleep underground.
I'm curled up.
As cozy as can be.
When its spring.
Please wake up me.
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Groundhog Day Rap
Who's that sleeping
Under the ground?
Waiting for spring
Not making a sound?
On February second,
Looking for fun.
Hoping the clouds
Will hide the sun.
Seeing no shadow
He comes out to play.
Because he knows
Spring is on the way!
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Little Groundhog
Tune: Frere Jacques
Little groundhog,
Little shadow,
Where are you?
Where are you?
Groundhog's Day is here.
Spring will be here too.
Wake up you,
Wake up you.
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Hey, Mr. Groundhog!
Tune: Frere Jacques
Hey, Mr. Groundhog!
Sleeping groundhog!
Today's the day.
Today's the day.
Tell us please if spring's near.
Or will winter stay here?
Come out and stay!
Come out and stay!
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See My Shadow
Tune: Frere Jacques
See my shadow, see my shadow,
Move this way, move this way.
Doing things that I do,
Doing things that I do,
Follow me, follow me.
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Oh Mr. Groundhog
Tune: Up on the Housetop
Oh Mr. Groundhog, tell what you see
I see my shadow staring back at me
Winter's not over I'm going back to bed
6 more weeks with the covers on my head
Chorus
Oh no no please don't go
Oh no no Please don't go
Winter's not over he's going back to bed
6 more weeks with covers on his head!
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Legend of Groundhog's Day
http://www.marilynspoetry.com/
On Groundhog’s Day, we follow legend
Our eyes look to the ground
For a sleepy little woodchuck
In Punxsutawney town.
If Phil, the brown haired critter
Comes out into the light
And quickly sees his shadow
He’ll bounce back out of sight.
He’ll slip into his burrow
For spring is far away
Six more weeks of winter
The price that we will pay.
But should the day be cloudy
Ole Phil will wander out
With spring around the corner
He’ll spread the news about.
Tis fun to follow legend
It brightens up our day
To think the bliss of springtime
Is not that far away.
Author/Written By:
Marilyn Ferguson
© 2004
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Songs by Don Halley
Here Comes The Sunshine
Tune = You Are My Sunshine
© 2001 by Don Halley
Here comes the sunshine, that wintry sunshine
I see my shadow, now I must go
If you'll excuse me, I'm very sleepy
Wake me up in six weeks or so
Wintertime
Tune = Clementine
© 1996 by Don Halley
In a tree trunk with a chipmunk
Hibernating for a time
There's a groundhog who's the top dog
On this day in wintertime
Oh my groundhog, oh my groundhog
Oh my groundhog, so sublime
Is it frost and cold forever?
Are we stuck in wintertime?
Dawn appears on the horizon
Out of bed he starts to climb
Tis the day to find a way to
Check the length of wintertime
Oh my groundhog, oh my groundhog
Oh my groundhog, so sublime
Is it frost and cold forever?
Are we stuck in wintertime?
Of forecasters he's a master
He performs his craft so fine
Shadows mean no early spring so
Best get used to wintertime
Oh my groundhog, oh my groundhog
Oh my groundhog, so sublime
Is it frost and cold forever?
Are we stuck in wintertime?
Punxsutawney
Tune = Oh Susanna!
© 1995 by Don Halley
Oh I come from Alabama
With water on the knee
I'm going to Pennsylvania
A groundhog for to see
It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was warm
But up north I ran into
Bone-chilling winter storm
Punxsutawney
Have mercy on me
For I come from Alabama
With water on the knee
Mister Groundhog
Tune = Mister Sandman
© 1991 by Don Halley
Mister Groundhog bring me a spring
Make it the soonest that I've ever seen
Please don't have your shadow seen
Mister Groundhog bring me a spring
Spring Will Soon Be Here
Tune = Joy To The World (the Three Dog Night version)
© 1991 by Don Halley
Punxsutawney has a groundhog
He is a good friend of mine
He always comes outside on February second
To guess the end of wintertime
He always has a mighty fine time
Spring may soon be here
All stand up and cheer
If he doesn't see his shadow
Winter soon will go
But if he sees his shadow today
I'll tell you what it means
Bundle up your toes and your nose with warm clothes
Put away that sunscreen
Spring may soon be here
All stand up and cheer
If he doesn't see his shadow
Winter soon will go
Groundhog's Day Is Here Again
Tune = Happy Days Are Here Again
© 1994 by Don Halley
Groundhog's Day is here again
The skies above are clear again
Winter will be long I fear again
Groundhog's Day is here again
I See You
Tune = This Old Man (or the Barney Song)
© 1994 by Don Halley
I see you, my shadow
That means six more weeks of snow
With a great big chill and a blizzard, maybe two
Oh I wish this was not true
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