Summer Bunch: Burrowers

Hedgehog vs. Porcupine

Do you know the difference between a hedgehog and a porcupine? Well, I didn't! Porcupines have loooooonng "quills" that they shoot-out in defense. Hedgehogs, only found in Europe, have short smooth "spines." These are just a few differences. Learn something everyday!!!

Read: How do You Hug a Porcupine by Laurie Isop

Flannel board: Apple Trouble by Ragnhild Scammell

Craft: Paperplate Hedgehog found via Pinterst

Need: Paper plate, brown crayon, scissors and black marker and sticker-eye.

• Prior to storytime, fold plate in half, and cut out face shape as well as drawer on ears, smile and nose.
• Set-up each craft seat with one hedgehog, a sticker-eye and a brown crayon.
• First they will color their porcupine brown.
• Then adhere sticker-eye.
• We handed-out the scissors and instructed the kiddos to cut their quills.