If you're short on time and in need of a quick St. Patrick's day lesson plan ASAP, I've pulled together a few of the most fun and user-friendly lesson and craft ideas right here for you:
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St. Patrick's Day
Printables
A
collection of
printable pages for
St. Patrick's Day
- This Art idea uses Karo Syrup for painting with (use Shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day)
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The Month of March To
teach children about
alphabet letters,
the weather in
March, Spatial
concepts, opposites
and St. Patrick's
Day.
- This is a lesson idea for St. Patrick's Day called Painting Without Paint
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St. Patrick's Day
Unit
Find
FREE songs, poems,
activities, and book
selections to use in
your classroom!
- Here's another St. Patrick's Day idea for making a Shamrock Fan
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St. Patrick's Day
Theme
games, activities,
songs, recipes
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Here is a creative writing idea for St.
Patrick's Day - If I Had a Pot Of
Gold...
St. Patrick's Day Snack This particular activity was designed to help the students plan a well balanced snack around St. Patrick's Day.
- This is a "Green Survey" and graph
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Growing Shamrocks...Another Fun Idea!
Grades Any
Purchase shamrock seeds and along with a little TLC, you will have a garden of luck!
- Here are a couple of ideas for Green Foods to use on St. Patrick's Day
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St. Patrick's Day
Crafts and
ActivitiesCrafts, printable
books, and printable
pages for St.
Patrick's Day.
- This graphing idea uses Lucky Charms Cereal
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St. Patrick's Day
Crafts
Includes photos and
instructions for
making: backpack
shamrock, magic
stones, leprechaun
friends, neck
hangers, bead
patterns, shamrock
corsage, and
leprechaun hats.
- Here's an idea - have student's compare and contrast their St. Patrick's Day traditions
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St. Patrick's Day
Activities
Activities, crafts,
songs, and movement
- In this St. Patrick's Day Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey type game, students count and learn directional words while "Filling Our Pot of Gold"
- Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade LessonActivity for the book Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade written by Steven Kroll.
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Making a Leprechaun
Trap
Students will use
their knowledge of
force and motion to
make working
leprechaun traps.
- Here students write Irish blessings on green hearts that are combined to form shamrocks
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Growing Shamrocks
Use existing shamrocks for this St. Patrick's Day gardening activity
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Leprechan Traps Grades 5+
This is a fun activity that incorporates Simple Machines and St. Patrick's Day.
- "Guess the Shamrock" is a spelling game idea
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St. Patrick's Lesson
Ideas
Background info,
art, science, social
studies, math, book
list, and related
links
- Here is an idea for growing shamrocks
- St. Patrick's Day Activities Songs & poems, leprechaun visits, and ideas.
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Patrick: Patron
Saint of IrelandBy
Tomie dePaola
- In this idea, notes are exchanged with mischievous night-visiting leprechauns
- St. Patrick's Day Leprechauns, rainbows, shamrocks, and clover
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Jamie O'Rourke and
the Big Potato
An
Irish folktale by
Tomie dePaola
- In this math idea, lucky students find four-leaf clovers amid the 3-leaf shamrocks
- St. Patrick's Day Games, art, snacks, songs, and fun
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Printable Ireland
Bear or Teddy Bear
Craft
A fun craft for St. Patrick's Day
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In this science idea, a carnation is
magically turned green
- Activity Idea Place: St. Patrick's Day Activites for group, math and science, songs, and snacks for a St. Patrick's Day theme.
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St. Patrick's Day
Worksheets
Several worksheets and printable pages for St. Patrick's Day
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Leprechan Hair!
This fun gardening activity will have your student's "growing" with excitement.
Printable St. Patrick's Day Word
Search
Create your own or use our word list.
Printable St. Patrick's Day Word
Scramble
Create your own or use our word list.
Printable St. Patrick's Day
Crossword Puzzle
Create your own Crossword or use our premade
word/clue list.
Printable St. Patrick's Day Match-up
Worksheets
Create your printable worksheet from your
own matchups or use our premade lists.
Other St. Patrick's Day Printables
These include journal pages and printable
coloring pages.
St. Patrick's Day Printable
Worksheets
Check out our large selection of "make your
own" and "premade" worksheets!
Billy Bear's Playground
Billy Bear always has great holiday
resources! Find cards, clip art, fun
activities, and more.
Rainbow Grades K-1
Color this rainbow printout while also
practicing phonics.
Irish Folk Songs Grades Any
This site offers a great resource of songs
and ballads to sing on St. Patrick's
Day...or any other day of the year!
St. Patrick Crafts Grades Any
Here are several fun crafts that are simple
to make and can be springboards for
additional classroom work.
Top of the Mornin' Grades 6+
A great teacher created web site that will
help your students research and learn about
Ireland. This site was originally created
for 6th graders.
Trivia Hunt
Use the internet to hunt for St. Patrick's
Day Trivia and information.
Lesson
Plans
St Patrick's day Activities
Here is a collection of arts & crafts
ideas for St. Patrick's Day.
Colors
These 2 lesson plans are for preschool
to grade 2 children. Students learn how
to discriminate
between different colours. Good lessons
for focusing on "green" for St. Paddy's
Day!
Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day
Parade Lesson 1
This is a lesson plan for grade 4 based
on a book called Mary McLean and the St.
Patrick's Day Parade. The topic is
reality and fantasy.
CraftLibrary: Holiday Crafts
Learn how to make a Shamrock Buddy here.
'Kindergarten Connection"
Make some unique shamrocks using a paper
marbling technique.
Crayola
Learn all about crayons at this site.
There are also fun activities to do.
Carlos' Coloring Book
Colour a picture of a leprechaun online.
Meijer: St. Patrick's Day Quiz
Test your St. Patrick's Day knowledge
with this online quiz.
Learn
About St. Patrick's Day!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Get some leprechaun clip art, icons and
links here.
St. Patricks Fun at Kid's Domain
Children will enjoy printing and
colouring the St. Patrick's Day pictures
as well as playing some games and
puzzles.
St. Patrick's Day -- Customs and History
Children will enjoy playing the game
Help Paddy Find his Pot o Gold and
learning about the history of St.
Patrick's Day.
Nuttin' But Kids St. Patricks Day
Here you will find songs for primary
children to sing, art ideas, games and
center time activities all based on St.
Patrick's Day.
St.Patrick's Day
There are pictures to print and
colour and you can learn all about
shamrocks and leprechauns here.
About St. Patrick'sDay
Here you will find limericks, a word
search puzzle, history of Ireland and
much more.
A Wee Bit O' Fun
Read about the Leprechaun, Blarney Stone
and learn about St. Patrick'sDay.
Facts Page on St.Patrick
This site has facts about St. Patrick
and a list of Irish songs with words.
NJWeb St. Patrick's Day
Learn about Saint Patrick himself and
get words for Irish songs such as 'The
Unicorn' and
'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling' plus many,
many more songs!
Catholic Online SaintPatrick Page
Here you will find the story of Saint
Patrick and learn why the shamrock is an
important part
of St. Patrick's Day.
Of course, you
don't have to be Irish to
celebrate St. Patrick's day
with your elementary school
students! We can all use a
little luck of the Irish,
and your students will enjoy
learning about a new culture
through these lesson plans
and holiday ideas.
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For Teachers Mary McLean and the St Patrick's Day Parade St Pat's worksheet & song words St Patrick's Day Lesson Ideas (teachnet) Teacher's Guide St. Patrick's Day Page Paddy Day puzzles & fill in the blanks Free print outs for St Paddy's Day St Patrick/s Day Worksheets (over 20 of them, Teachnology) St Pat's Teaching Ideas (Florida educators) Leprechauns and other Trickster Tales (mini-unit) St Patrick's Day Presentation in PowerPoint format See also: Celts, Ireland, Rainbows Here's a story about Lucy the Leprechaun! Play St Patrick's Day Mad Libs Irish Blessings (Leahy, by kids for kids) St Patrick's Day Symbols (shamrock, leprechauns, Blarney Stone, Celtic cross) Learn about Ancient Ireland and Play Some Games! (The Celts) St Patricks Day - Free clip arts, cards, games, word search, trivia |
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