St. Patrick's Day

Last week, we read lots of books about leprechauns.  The children were really excited about the idea of catching a leprechaun, so they decided to make some traps during center time on Tuesday.  At the writing center, the children made signs to show the leprechauns where to go.  At the art center, the children made arrows and other projects decorated with gold glitter to lure the leprechauns into the room.  In the blocks center, the kids build lots of amazing traps.  A few more kids searched the room to find anything shiny.  They discovered lots of gold buttons in one of our math tubs.  It was so amazing to watch the children all working together on this project.  They shared ideas and were full of enthusiasm. 


On Wednesday (St. Patrick's Day), they came into class to discover that leprechauns had come and visited our classroom in the night.  All of the gold buttons were gone, the traps were knocked over, three tiny green hats were found, and a trail of glitter led from the trap to the back door.  There was even a note left behind, telling the children "Better luck next year!"  The look on their faces as they discovered this mess was absolutely priceless!  What a fun morning!


For the rest of the day Wednesday, we did activities related to St. Patrick's Day.  The kids made leprechaun hats and shamrock pins to wear.  They decorated shamrock cookies for snack and learned how to draw a shamrock.  For our math activity, we graphed what green clothing we were wearing and practiced showing the results with tally marks.  It was a great day!

Enjoy the pictures below: