March Celebrations

March is the month of the wearing of the GREEN!  March is the month when the little people are seen!

This is a delightful story about a lazy girl named Ninnie, her grandmother and a clever Leprechaun. 

 St. Patrick's Day Word Jars: This is a fun and easy Literacy activity that can be used for any theme, topic or holiday. Cut thin craft foam into 1" squares. Write the  letters of a word - in this case a word associated with St. Patrick's Day - on individual squares. Make the letters of each word the same color and make each word a different color. Put the foam letters in a jar.  Students empty the jar and put the words together. Have an answer key nearby to make the activity self checking.

 

How Many Does it Take? Make St. Patrick's Day measuring sticks by gluing small (all the same size) shamrocks on a tongue depressor. Have students use this nonstandard unit of measurement to measure items around the classroom.

 My Leprechaun Riddle: Put out a variety of scrap paper and collage materials and have each student create a free form Leprechaun.  Glue the Leprechauns to construction paper. That's the crafty part, now comes the writing part. Students write 2 or 3 sentences on slips of paper describing the Leprechaun they made. Students read the descriptions and try to figure out whose Leprechaun is described.

Flag of Ireland: It's the perfect time to do a quick study of  flags from different countries. Discuss shapes, colors and symbols on the different flags.  Set up the easel and paints and have students paint the Irish flag.

 

Make a Rainbow: A simple Science experiment that projecst a real rainbow image on the wall.  Fill a shallow glass baking dish with water. Tilt a small mirror in the water and shine a flashlight in the center of the mirror. A rainbow will appear as if by magic.  Only you know it's not magic, it's just the reflected light.

Sooo many fun Arts & Crafts projects this month.  Growing grass for leprechaun hair.  Shamrock project galore. Rainbows and of course . . .  the pot of gold! 

Celebrate and party on with all things GREEN! Green apples, mint oreos, guacamole and chips, grapes, costumes, Green beans?????