Yesterday, at one of my daycares, my four-year-old class came running in, clearly excited about something. They all began grabbing me, pulling my face down to theirs. Clearly thinking they wanted a kiss I turned my face to the side for a kiss on the cheek. They kept turning my face back to theirs until I realized what they were getting at, rubbing noses! I said “Oh, an Eskimo kiss”, as my Dad used to say, to which they replied emphatically, “No! A groundhog kiss”. The teacher of that particular class is quite imaginative and has passed this imaginative quality onto the kids.

Here is a song for the preparation of groundhog day that I found on a preschool education site:

(Sung to the tune of London Bridge)

Mr. Groundhog down below,
Pops up through the fluffy snow,
See his shadow, watch him go,
Winter’s here to stay, oh no!

Mr. Groundhog down below,
Pops up through the fluffy snow,
There’s no shadow, come and play,
Spring is on its way, hurray!!!

I’m going to get my kids to draw pictures of groundhogs which I will post on my blog before February 2^nd.

Happy Groundhog Day!