I'm planning a lucky 7 day countdown to St. Patrick's Day. I thought I'd do a little bit nonfictional teaching mixed with a lot of fun. I purchased rainbow colored bags and labeled them 7-1 and then pulled out our Halloween cauldron to use as our pot of gold on St.Patrick's Day. Inside each bag is (will be) a slip with the activities of the day.
Red- Rainbows
Orange- Ireland
Yellow-St. Patrick
Green- Shamrocks
Blue- Potatoes
Indigo- Snakes
Purple- Leprechauns
Black Pot- The Leprechaun's goodies
These are the slips for each bag.
St. Patrick's Day Countdown
St. Patrick's Day Countdown Numbers 
The leprechaun usually leaves things like Lucky Charms for breakfast, some golden chocolate coins, some little outdoor toys for spring break, and maybe a book or two.
I used a 3 inch scallop punch to make the numbers.
**POST UPDATE**
See day 7, Rainbows, here
See day 6, Ireland, here
See day 5, Snakes, here
See day 2, Potatoes, here
See day 4, Shamrocks, here
See day 1, Leprechauns, here
Linking to: Fun For Kids Friday, No Time for Flashcards, Be Different Act Normal, Made By You Monday, High Paw, Bubbly Nature Creations, Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog, Making Mondays Marvelous, Motivate Me Monday, Just Something I Whipped Up, ABC and 123, Show and Tell Blue Cricket Design, Fireflies and Jellybeans, Tatertots and Jello
Pink and Green Mama
22 comments:
i just love this! st patricks day is one of my fav holidays. (prob b/c of the silliness of it!) it's so much fun to have fun with! my boys are older 1st & 3rd but still look forward to waking up to see what the pesky leprechauns did during the night! over turned chairs, all the green trucks & cars in a line in the playroom, underwear on the ceiling fan, etc.
i teach 4 year olds so maybe i'll do this little countdown w/ them!
i love so many of your ideas and so glad you share them!
i just love this! st patricks day is one of my fav holidays. (prob b/c of the silliness of it!) it's so much fun to have fun with! my boys are older 1st & 3rd but still look forward to waking up to see what the pesky leprechauns did during the night! over turned chairs, all the green trucks & cars in a line in the playroom, underwear on the ceiling fan, etc.
i teach 4 year olds so maybe i'll do this little countdown w/ them!
i love so many of your ideas and so glad you share them!
okay so sorry about all these comments! i was in 2 different accounts .. . . 2 different emails! oops.
This is a fabulous project! Love the idea of the rainbow bags!
I am loving this! We set leprechaun traps every year, but that's it. I want to incorporate these ideas as well. Thanks for sharing!
<3
Risa
This is so fun! I love rainbow colors!!! That is a good use for the Halloween cauldron!! Thanks for linking up!
Wow, good job! This is a great idea!
Fun! Fun!! Thanks again for always sharing your fabulous ideas.
Also, I forgot to Thank you in the previous post for the mentioning my blog. That was very sweet of you.
Kerri
LOVE THIS!! I will be getting this ready as we speak (or I type!) Thanks for sharing! we love St.patty's day around my house so the girls will be excited!
The bags are a great idea! I love that you are covering so many skills with them. JDaniel would try to peek inside them.
What a clever idea!! It's fun and educational and I think kids love the anticipation of it all too!
I love this !
This is such an awesome idea. I love St. Patty's day but I have never really thought of fun ideas to lead up to it. This is perfect and educational. My children will love this!! Thanks sooo much for the printables and the idea.
I think this is a great way to countdown to St. Patty's Day. We're doing one at our house too. Not nearly as creative as yours though. :)
You are so creative! How do you think of these things?
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I just love the planning and care you put into preparing your lessons. These sequence looks fantastic.
LOVE this and so doing it with my girls!!!! thanks for sharing all your printables.
I'm a new blog follower so glad I found you through Friday's Nature Table
So colorful and fun!
Thank you for participating in last week's High paw! Looking forward to see your new ideas so please stop by and add them! :)
WOW. so fun!!! Love the pot of gold.
That reminds me, I've forgotten to have the leprechaun eat some food around here and drop his gold.
we do a whole week of activities. It's so fun!
Love these activities! And that it's not too late to begin this year.
I included it on my "A Peek at My Pinterest" St. Patrick's Board post.
http://www.amytriedit.com/2012/03/peek-at-my-pinterest-st-patricks-day.html
Lovely activites, love the ROYGBIV bags and thank you for the printables! I'm so glad you linked up!
Warmly,
Pink and Green Mama
MaryLea
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