Hedgehogs, bats, and raccoons! These are just a few of the nocturnal animals that children are curious to learn about.
Make a Play Clay Hedgehog! We used Crayola, Play Clay in “light” shades.
• Young children roll a small piece of play clay into a ball. This is an excellent activity for developing finger dexterity and the children “love” to roll and poke at the play clay!
• Have the child shape a small, pointed nose at one end of the “ball” shape. Use a different colour of Play Clay to attach two eyes or use a tooth pick to “mark” the eyes.
• using round tip, large sized toothpicks*, have children insert the toothpicks into the “body” of the Hedgehog
*requires adult supervision
• Place your “hedgehog” onto a “bed” of green shredded paper
- The children love this simple activity!
Read Jan Brett’s delightful tale, Hedgie Loves to Read. Jan Brett has a wonderful website and has written many stories “starring,” the little darling, Hedgie! Your children will be hedgehog experts and story tellers in no time!
Here comes winter,
cold and grey.
The hedgehog tucks
itself away.
Here comes ice
and here comes snow.
It needs somewhere
warm to go.
Here comes mist
and freezing fog.
Here’s a good old
hollow log.
And here’s a pile
of leaves that are deep.
It rolls up tight
and goes to sleep.
Tony Mitton
