St. Patrick's Day without coins

Day 1 of Lovely Day academy. I had to go to work. The kids were so excited. They flew through everything, but no one argued and in fact, they were happy all day. And then we had to make the leprechaun trap. And this momma is not fully prepared. I have no gold coins. And I wasn't planning on going to get them. Not during this time of health in question. 

So, what am I going to do? I have some Hershey Kisses. I can wrap them in yellow paper. Done. 

We set a trap, I let the youngest take the lead. 

Thankfully, I have laminated large sized clovers from my classroom days. If you don't have those, use square paper. It doesn't have to be perfect, it's about creating memories.



This is what I did around the house 5 years ago. And now they are older and smarter. What will I do with the clues?

I think I am going to use those Ceasar's English Vocabulary words. For example: 

"I am not going to placate you, but I am near the place you ................" 

"I am so vivacious ...........

Forget it, It's 10 p.m. Google is my friend. 

Found these cute clues, yes, I am about to use.........

Thank you Tauni Everett !

Integrating Culture: St. Patrick's Day

Thanks to Pinterest, people are getting ideas to do so many fun things and crafts. I hope that these books will help to pair up with the cute green foot prints and green food coloring I spied earlier this week. Getting the little one excited about a tricky leprechaun will be fun!

Last year, I gave a writing activity for the older kiddos. You can see the link here: St. Patrick's Day

This year, here is a baby book, along with a few more picture books.

Integrating Culture: St. Patrick's Day

The stores are ready and have tons of green and people are scheduling parties. While St. Patrick's Day is not a huge party day in the schools, teachers do take a week to do crafts, host scavenger hunts, and teach students about what March 17th is all about.

For the younger children, the perfect book that explains the day is: Hooray for St. Patrick's Day! by Joan Holub. It is a read over and over again for children. It has rhyming and a leprechaun that the readers must spot on each page. It also have a lift and flap for toddlers.


Afterwards, children can make their own leprechaun man. Take green construction paper and make it into a shamrock. Fold the green (or brown construction paper) back and forth to make the folds. Children can do this also. Add mini shamrocks for the hands and feet and a yellow top hat. Emergent writers can write about where they would hide if they were a leprechaun.

For the older children a great book that combines history and folklore is: Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade, by Steven Kroll.

After they have had a chance to read about what Mary wishes for, they can take to a creative writing activity where they write about their three wishes.

(The good thing about teachers is that we don't reinvent the wheel, we share. This paper has been in my bag of teaching materials for years.)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!