Groundhog Day

Just for a little info, there are not a lot of activities and songs that are Groundhog related.  So, it's important to be very creative.  A couple of things that I did today:

1) Shadow activity

Song Tune: Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone

Oh where oh where is my shadow

Oh where oh where can it be

I have lost it now

Can you help me please?

Oh where oh where can it be?

Activity: Print out some animal pictures.  Make shadows by cutting out around the animal pictures on black paper.  Glue them on to a poster board and laminate!!!

Sing the above song and have the students match the animal picture to the animal shadow.

2) It's always good to have some instrument playing in your session
You'll need:  resonator bars/tone chimes E, A
and mallets

Song: Ground Hog by Butch Baldassari - Appalachain Mandolin & Dulcimer

Activity:  I facilitated this activity by having the students play a sequence after me or allowing them to free style.  It was interesting to watch the students when I allowed them to freestyle. After 10 sec of playing they made the decision to attempt to play my sequence even when I never once requested it.  It's also a great social tool because they had to allow me to play on the same bar as they were using.


I thought I would never be able to plan around a groundhog theme, but low and behold I pulled it off.  I even wrote a cute song to use with a puppet.  If anyone is interested in the song you can contact me.

Happy singing and God bless!