St. Patrick's Day: Day Three

Shamrocks

A Shamrock is the national emblem of Ireland. The leaves have been said to represent health, wealth, and love.

*Lucky Four-Leaf Clover: when a rare four leaflet occurs in a clover it is said to be lucky and the leaves represent hope, faith, love and the fourth one, luck.

Books:

St. Patrick's Day Alphabet--Beverly Vidrine

Five Green ShamrocksNOTE: Cut 5 construction paper shamrocks and place a number 1-5 on the shamrocks for math count.)Five green shamrocks growing outdoors (Child's name) picked one, and that left four.
Four little shamrocks, green as they can be. (Child's name) picked one and that left three.
Three little shamrocks playing peek-a-boo (Child's name) picked one and that left two.
Two little shamrocks nodding in the sun, (Child's name) picked one, and that left one.
One little shamrock for St. Patrick's Day fun. (Child's name) picked it, and that left none.

One green shamrock, in the morning dew,Another one sprouted,
and then there were two.

Two green shamrocks, growing beneath a tree;
Another one sprouted,
and then there were three.

Three green shamrocks, by the cottage door;
Another one sprouted,
and then there were four.

Four green shamrocks, near a beehive
Another one sprouted,
and then there were five.

Five little shamrocks, bright and emerald green,
Think of all the luck
these shamrocks will bring.

I’M A LITTLE SHAMROCK
Tune: “I’m A Little Teapot”
I’m a little shamrock with petals three.
You’ll have good luck if you pick me.
One of my petals will bring you health,
One’s for love and one’s for wealth.


Activities:
Shamrock Shapes Craft

Shamrock Scissor Skills

Shamrock Marble Painting

Shamrock Paper Craft

Shamrock Bingo Dauber Craft

Shamrock Egg Carton Craft

Easy Shamrock Paper Plate

Irish Crown--the points of the crown are shamrocks

Shamrock Mobile
Need: 12 craft sticks, yellow paint, green construction paper, yarn.

Paint craft sticks. Let dry. Glue together the ends of 4 sticks to make a square. Make 3 squares.

Cut 1 twelve inch and 2 three inch pieces of yarn. Use the 2 shorter pieces to tie together the squares( when tieing turn the squares so that they are diamond shapes). Tie the longest piece on the end to use as a hanger.

Cut 6 shamrocks from green construction paper and glue 2 of them to each square. Let dry and hang.

GREEN 3-D SHAMROCKS

	Cut out 5’ shamrock shapes from heavy green paper.
	Cut out some 1” green tissue squares.
	Set out small bowls of glue, and some unsharpened pencil
	Give each of your children a shamrock shape and some of the green tissue squares.
	Show your children how to twist a paper square around the end of an unsharpened pencil, then dip the tissue into the glue and then place it on their shamrock shape.
	Have your children cover their shamrocks with the green tissue “twists”.

Games:
Four Leaf Clover Hunt: Make lots of paper shamrocks, mostly with only 3 leaves. Make a few with four leaves. Hide them around the room. Have children hunt for the clovers and give a prize when a four leaf clover is found!

SILENT SHAMROCK GAME
Invite your children to sit in a circle and show them a glittery shamrock shape. Have them close their eyes while you display the shape where it can be easily seen. When the children open their eyes, let them walk around searching for the shamrock. When they spot it, have them silently come back to the circle. Let the first child to return explain where the shamrock is and then display it for the next round of the game.