St. Patrick's Day

A fun video about Ireland, from Scholastic.

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We had such a fun St. Patrick's Day celebration and learned a lot about St. Patrick.  Did you know that he was actually from England?

We also talked about Ireland and even played a fun game with Celtic music.  We pretended like we were leprechauns and practiced kicking/dancing to the music.  When the music stopped the children had to run and hide, like tricky leprechauns.  Then when the music started again they came out dancing.  They loved this game and kept wanting to play it over and over again.

We went on a "green hunt" with each of the children taking turns to find a green item in the classroom.  We then figured out how to spell the word "green" and then wrote it.

In the morning class we made sparkly shamrock headbands and mixed yellow and blue colored water to make green shamrocks out of coffee filters.  At snack we ate green donuts, thanks Eliza!

In the afternoon class we found hidden four leaf clovers and made a glittery shamrock paper.  At snack time we ate green grapes, cucumbers, snap peas, and green apples with green peanut butter, thanks Lydia!

In the 3 yr. old class we made cute little leprechaun hats to wear during our dance/hiding game.  We also made glittery shamrocks and drew a picture of a leprechaun.  At snack time we ate green apples with a yummy green fruit dip (cream cheese and marshmallow cream), thanks Jake!

In all of the classes we learned a new song about a leprechaun, complete with actions.  It is sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot".  
    
     I'm a little leprechaun, quick as can be. 
     I hide my gold under a tree.
     If you see a rainbow,
     you just might find
     where I left my gold behind."