Using Lucky Charms Before and After Activity, studentsplay this fun game to practice identifying before and after.
This St. Patrick's Day clip art activity gives Preschool to 1st Grade children 15 fold-over picture cards, a card hunt game and a practice page, with an answer key included, to grow holiday vocabulary.
St. Patrick's Day flash cards for preschool to 2nd grade: 12 fold-over picture word cards plus a practice page, answer key included, to build holiday vocabulary for reading and writing.
Using this St. Patrick's Day Mini Pack, students learn about St. Patrick's Day through ten fun worksheets and three activities.
Rainbows, gold and lots of green
St. Patrick's Day on March 17 is a fun, colorful way to practice early skills. Preschoolers learn the symbols of the day, like shamrocks, rainbows and pots of gold, and use them to practice counting, colors, patterns and shapes. Many classes talk about how the holiday comes from Ireland and why people wear green. The click is when a child counts the gold coins at the end of the rainbow all by themselves.
We use the holiday theme to sneak in counting, vocabulary and fine motor practice.
Show holiday picture cards one at a time: shamrock, rainbow, pot of gold, leprechaun hat. Kids say the word, then find something green in the room.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withSt. Patrick's Day Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Spread a holiday mini pack over the week: one page each morning. Small daily practice keeps the fun going all week.
Why it works: the brain holds on to what it meets again and again over time; spaced practice was rated among the very best methods (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSt. Patrick's Day Mini PackWorkbooksOpen it →Use a cereal-themed counting game to ask, "What number comes before 5? After 5?" Quick number questions build counting skills fast.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withLucky Charms Before and After ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Shiny, rainbow, green-everything fun.
Teacher favorites right now: Lucky Charms Before and After Activity, St. Patrick's Day Clip Art and St. Patrick's Day Flash Cards.
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on March 17.
Keep it simple: it's a holiday that started in Ireland, and people celebrate by wearing green and looking for shamrocks and rainbows.
Green is a color connected to Ireland, which is often called the Emerald Isle because of its green hills. Wearing green is a fun tradition.
Rainbow color sorting, counting gold coins, shamrock stamping and green playdough are all quick and fun.
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