These fun activities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day are sure to delight your preschool and kindergarten aged students.
Add a little bit of science, math, literacy and fine motor development and you have a recipe for a successful St. Patrick’s Day celebration!
St. Patrick’s Day Activities
1. Hot Potato Game
This super fun hot potato game is always a huge hit at the St. Patrick’s Day party! Seat your students in a circle and fill a pot with chocolate gold coins. Next, play some Irish music as the kids pass the pot around the circle. Pause the music and whoever is holding the pot gets to take out a chocolate coin; keep playing until everybody has a gold coin. Learn how to make your own pot of gold HERE.
2. St. Patrick’s Day Number Hunt
Some green rice, gold numbers and a free printable number mat make for an educational and fun learning experience! Learn how to play HERE.
3. Following the Rainbow
Sheryl from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds shares how she takes her class on an exciting hunt for the end of rainbow on St. Patrick’s Day.
4. Magic Leprechaun Spray {Baking Soda Science + Fine Motor}
A little science, a little fine motor development and a LOT of St. Patrick’s Day fun is being had over at Little Bins for Little Hands!
5. Engineering a Leprechaun Trap
Planet Smarty Pants shares how to create a clever trap to catch those pesky leprechauns. Encourage creativity, engineering skills and more with this fun activity!
6. St. Patrick’s Day Play Dough {Invitation to Play}
I love this colorful St. Patrick’s Day themed invitation to play with dough from Fantastic Fun and Learning.
St. Patrick’s Day Books
Here are ten of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day books to read aloud to young children in preschool or kindergarten. I’m going to try to include more non-fiction books on these lists since non-fiction is an important part of the Common Core State Standards.
Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley
Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie DePaola
Leprechauns Never Lie by Lorna Balian
The Leprechaun Trap by David and Kelly Clinch
Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk
The Naughty Leprechaun Story by Stephanie Hicks
Ten Lucky Leprechauns by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
St. Patrick’s Day by Dorothy Goeller
The Story of the Leprechaun by Katherine Tegen
What is St. Patrick’s Day? by Elaine Landau
