Pull a sock from the basket and hand to a child to match up. Review the colors of each hedgehog with your class. Circle Time Activity:Īfter you read, tell the children that you need help to match the socks you have in your basket to the correct hedgehog. You can put the hedgehogs on a board or wall with painter’s tape, or simply lay them on the floor in the middle of your circle. Next, you will want to laminate or use contact paper to cover the hedgehogs and socks, this way you will be able to use and re-use these for circle time activities and during free choice.

To prepare you will want to print out the hedgehog and socks printables. The book is great for winter and farm themes. Soon all the other animals want warm clothes on their heads too. He is teased by the other animals but stands up for himself every time. It’s stuck so the hedgehog makes the most of it. A little girl is hanging her wash to dry, and one of her socks blew off and ended up on a hedgehog’s head. The Hat by Jan Brett is a cute tale with some serious messages. This color matching activity doesn’t even have to be done with the book, but it certainly makes more sense if you read the book first. My students love revisiting the activities after we have done them as a group. When I create circle time activities I connect them to the books I plan to read to the class, but I also try to make them into stand-alone activities that can be used during free choice later that week or month. Are you already back at school? Did you start homeschooling this week? Well, I go back to my preschool classroom Wednesday, and I am so excited to share this fun winter circle time activity and hedgehog craft with my class.

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