February is the month for fake holidays here at Todd Hall. During the shortest month of the year, we celebrate Superbowl, Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, the 100th Day of School, we hold a Fairy Tale Ball, we celebrate President's Day, and there are probably a few others I'm forgetting. We read Groundhog Day stories this week and had many enlightening conversations both about shadows, what a groundhog is, exactly, and weather prediction. Many of the kids had never heard of a groundhog, or thought it was a beaver. I told them that human weather prediction is not all that much more accurate than groundhog weather prediction, and we enjoyed learning about the changing of the seasons, even if those changes won't be coming around for months yet.
