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St Patrick's Day

Pot 'O GoldSt Patrick's Day lesson plans

This lesson teaches the History of St. Patrick's Day

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

St. Patrick's Day Unit Find FREE songs, poems, activities, and book selections to use in your classroom!

Here is a creative writing idea for St. Patrick's Day - If I Had a Pot Of Gold...

 anagrams, crosswords, word searches, math problems and more!

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

This graphing idea uses Lucky Charms Cereal

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 students compare and contrast their St. Patrick's Day traditions

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 Lesson  Activity for the book Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade written by Steven Kroll.

Here's another magically delicious graphing activity with Lucky Charms

Printable St. Patrick's Day Word Scramble
Create your own or use our word list.

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

St Patrick's Day for KidsSt Patrick's Day Crafts


We have some colourful and original St Patrick's Day crafts for you to enjoy with the children...

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This Art idea uses Karo Syrup for painting with (use Shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day)

Here's another St. Patrick's Day idea for making a Shamrock Fan

St. Patrick's Day Crafts and Activities  Crafts, printable books, and printable pages for St. Patrick's Day.

St. Patrick's Day Activities     Activities, crafts, songs, and movement

St. Patrick's Day Crafts from Kidsdomain.com

St. Patrick's Day Crafts from MakingFriends.com

St. Patrick's Day Crafts and Activities
Several good craft ideas from EnchantedLearning.com

DLTK-Kids St. Patrick's Day Crafts
12 easy to make crafts.

 

 

Pot 'O GoldSt Patrick's Day Games

 

A special St. Patrick's Day contest and a memory game

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"

St Patrick's Day for KidsSt Patrick's Day Jigsaws

Happy Saint Patrick's Day Jigsaw
Have some fun on the computer with these downloadable St Patrick's Day jigsaws, sized for all ages.
St Patrick's Day jigsaws

 

Pot 'O GoldSaint Patrick's Day Poems and Songs

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St. Patrick's Day Unit Find FREE songs, poems, activities, and book selections to use in your classroom!

St. Patrick's Day Theme  games, activities, songs, recipes

St. Patrick's Day Activities     Activities, crafts, songs, and movement

 

 St Patrick's Day for KidsSt Patrick's Day Origami

origami shamrock diagram
Here is an original shamrock for St Patrick's Day! Find this and other models at our St Patrick's Day origami pages.

 

Pot 'O GoldSaint Patrick's Day Worksheets

 

anagrams, crosswords, word searches, math problems and more!

Printable St. Patrick's Day Match-up Worksheets
Create your printable worksheet from your own matchups or use our premade lists.

St Patrick's Day for KidsSt Patrick's Day Printables

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coloring pages, greeting cards, bookmarks, writing paper and more


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Special bookmarks, writing paper and greetings cards to print and enjoy!

Irish flag printable
Irish flag printable
We have three sizes of Irish flag (large illustrated) for you to print and use in your craft and school projects, and to decorate the house or your toys (see our teddy mascot idea).

St. Patrick's Day Printables     A collection of printable pages for St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day Crafts and Activities  Crafts, printable books, and printable pages for St. Patrick's Day.

Printable St. Patrick's Day Crossword Puzzle
Create your own Crossword or use our premade word/clue list.

Printable St. Patrick's Day Word Scramble
Create your own or use our word list.

 

Pot 'O GoldSt Patrick's Day Colouring Pages

saint patrick's day coloring book pages

 

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Colour an Irish flag

Leprechaun coloring pages

Shamrock coloring pages

St Patrick's Day for KidsSt Patrick's Day Puzzles

St Patrick's Day Maze 3 DifficultWe have St Patrick's Day puzzles, mazes, word searches, cryptograms and more!


St Patrick's Day puzzles

Printable St. Patrick's Day Crossword Puzzle
Create your own Crossword or use our premade word/clue list.

 

Pot 'O GoldMore St Patrick's Day Fun for Kids

St Patrick's Day wallpaper

St Patrick's Day links Lots NEW!

Make a basket

St Patrick's Day scrapbook paper

St. Patrick's Day Theme  games, activities, songs, recipes

Growing Shamrocks...Another Fun Idea!
Purchase shamrock seeds and along with a little TLC, you will have a garden of luck!

Growing Shamrocks
Use existing shamrocks for this St. Patrick's Day gardening activity

St Patrick's Day for KidsSt Patrick's Day Books


St. Patrick's Day Unit Find FREE songs, poems, activities, and book selections to use in your classroom!

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Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade Lesson  Activity for the book Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade written by Steven Kroll.

 

St. Patrick's Day Clipart

ArtToday.com St. Patrick's Day Clipart
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St. Patrick's Day Clipart from Kid's Domain
Leprechauns, clovers,etc..

St. Patrick's Day Clipart from CCD
An unusual collection

St. Patrick's Day Clipart from AwesomeClipartforkids.com
Clipart, icons, webpage graphics and more.

 

Pot 'O GoldSt Patrick's Day recipes

St. Patrick's Day Snack     This particular activity was designed to help the students plan a well balanced snack around St. Patrick's Day.

Here are a couple of ideas for Green Foods to use on St. Patrick's Day

Recipes for St. Patrick's Day from DLTK-Kids.com


 

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  • Leprechan Hair!
    This fun gardening activity will have your student's "growing" with excitement.


The Teacher's Corner Resources 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.

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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.

Shamrock Line
Shamrock
 Learn About St. Patrick's Day! Shamrock


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.

 

Shamrock Line
 
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.

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:

 

Lessons and Units
Worksheets

 

For Teachers

Mary McLean and the St Patrick's Day Parade

A Fine St Patrick's Day

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 Patrick's Day (EMints)

St Pat's Teaching Ideas (Florida educators)

Hodgepodge of Ideas

St. Patrick's Day Links (ESL)

Shamrock Lane

Leprechauns and other Trickster Tales (mini-unit)

St Patrick's Day Presentation in PowerPoint format  

See also: Celts, Ireland, Rainbows 


For Kids

St Patrick's Day

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) 

Irish Dancing 

Learn about Ancient Ireland and Play Some Games! (The Celts)

Send a free interactive ecard

St Patricks Day - Free clip arts, cards, games, word search, trivia

Free St Pat's Clip Art (Phillip Martin)

 

St. Patrick's Day Lesson Plans\Activities\Units

St. Patrick's Day Activities
Activities for art, science, social studies, etc...

St. Patrick's Day at the Lesson Plans Page
Eight ideas for lessons and activities to celebrate St. Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day at KinderArt.com
Lessons, activities, crafts, art projects and more.

St Patrick's Day powerpoint

St. Patrick's Day Printouts

DLTK-Kids St. Patrick's Day Printables
Worksheets, bookmarks, puzzles, coloring sheets, and more.

St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages from Colorinbookfun.com
6 pictures to print out and color.


Leprechaun Puzzle
Print out a crossword puzzle

Leprechaun Coloring Pages
Three to choose from

St. Patrick's Coloring Book From PrimaryGames.com
8 pictures to print and color.

St. Patrick's Counting

St. Patrick's Day Coloring and Activity Sheets
Coloring, connect the dots.

St. Patrick's Day Printables from Edhelper.com
Word searches, math worksheets, and even make your own!

St. Patrick's Day Color Pages from Kinderart.

St. Patrick's Day Internet Resources\Activities

The History of Ireland
Learn about Ireland's history and take a virual tour.

St Patrick's Day Fun
Fun activities to do at Kid's Domain.

St Patrick's Day
A little history about the holiday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia’s Lost Kingdoms
Focusing on Australia’s reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present time, this resource from the Australian Museum contains links, games, age-appropriate information and movies.

 

ASU – Ask a Biologist
Primary and secondary students (and their teachers) who have puzzling biology questions are invited to submit them to the scientists at Arizona State University. The site also contains links to related exemplary websites.

 

A Chronology of Aboriginal and Islander History
Resources on this encompassing website are aimed at a wide educational audience to provide a ‘comprehensive chronology of Aboriginal and Islander history enabling visitors, particularly students, to explore and unpack the “hidden history” of the First Australians’.

 

 

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Runaway stars

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