Groundhog Day Activities for Kids

February 2 is Groundhog Day, the day when a famous groundhog in Pennsylvania “predicts” when spring is going to come based on whether its shadow can be seen that day.

It’s kind of a silly holiday, which is just the sort of thing kids (and teachers) love, so let’s explore from Groundhog Day activities for kids.

Groundhog Day is really a holiday about the weather, so also check out my weather activities for kids, where you can make your own weather tools, felt board and more.

Learn more about groundhogs from National Geographic Kids. Groundhogs are also known as woodchucks (or whistelpigs, though I’ve only heard that on Curious George) and they are herbivore mammals that like to burrow under open areas like fields. They don’t really predict the coming of spring, but male groundhogs do tend to emerge from hibernation in early February.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has some great free printables for Groundhog Day, including a letter tracing page, labeling the parts of a groundhog, predicting the weather and a roll and color page. There are also alphabet puzzles and matching cards, mazes and more.

Make super cute cut and color Groundhog Day hats as a class with this free printable from Simply Kinder.

Homemade Heather has a bunch of cute printables including a coloring page, build a groundhog and groundhog bookmarks to cut out and color. Everyday Chaos and Calm also has free coloring pages for the day.

Practice counting with these printable puzzles from Kindergarten Worksheets and Games. There’s a strip puzzle for counting to 10 as well as a tens frame puzzle with 100 little pieces for counting to 100.

Play with the groundhog’s shadow with this fun paper plate craft from Crafty Morning. Because the groundhog is on a stick he can pop up and down in the scene and you can make him have a shadow or not as you like. I also love this groundhog stick puppet project from Typically Simple, which uses a cardboard tube as his burrow.

This time of year is a great time for pulling out all the apple and pumpkin themed worksheets to add a little seasonal fun to your learning. Let’s take a look at some fun pumpkin themed worksheets for the classroom or homeschool.

If you want some pumpkin printables that are actually about pumpkins, check out the pumpkin life cycle worksheets from 24 Hour Family that include parts of a pumpkin, life cycle, vocabulary, shape and counting activities. Rock Your Homeschool also has a cute printable and foldable life cycle worksheet for the life cycle of a pumpkin that kids can color and put together.

Inspire the Mom has ideas for a pumpkin unit study as well as printables (free with email signup) that include parts of the pumpkin, letter recognition, lesson plans and more. The blog post also includes more ideas for things like pretend play and centers, as well as books and videos with a pumpkin theme you can include in your study.

Do some pumpkin themed color by number with these printable coloring pages from The Artisan Life. Or try your hand at pumpkin I-spy with this printable from The Best Ideas for Kids.

Work on shape recognition and matching with this color, cut and paste activity from Free 4 Classrooms. And get some cutting practice with a pumpkin twist with these worksheets from Simple Everyday Mom.

These last two have a bunch of different fall themed worksheets to choose from, some of which include pumpkins. Willa Bean and Co. has a pumpkin themed alphabet set that includes pumpkins with the letters inside them and sets of upper and lower case letters on seeds you can use for matching.

And Worksheeto has a bunch of fall themed phonics worksheets, including pumpkin sight words with fall themed words and pumpkin letter matching.

For more pumpkin learning fun, see our pumpkin printables for kids and pumpkin STEM activities lists.

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