I LOVE St. Patrick’s Day! My family always had lots of homeschool St. Patrick’s Day fun, and St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday to celebrate in a school, too. It’s hard not to have fun with shamrocks, rainbows, leprechauns, Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day history, and green activities!
Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Activities
St. Patrick’s Day Playdough Activities
40+ St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Tubs
Free St. Patrick’s Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities
Free St. Patrick‘s Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Phonics Activities
Free St. Patrick’s Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time (helpful for any school or homeschool)
Super-Simple Cutting Activity with Strings (St. Patrick’s Day Cutting Tray)
Beaded Rainbow (Photo from To the Lesson!)
St. Patrick’s Day posts (photo from On the Shelves: March) and Color Mixing Extravaganza from To the Lesson!
DIY Color Tablets (my post) – to add to the rainbow theme
Color Mixing (Photo from The Education of Ours)
Color Mixing from The Education of Ours
St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin (Photo from H is for Homeschooling)
St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin from H is for Homeschooling (The blog is no longer available.)
Rainbow Sensory Bin from Trial & Error Mama
Pushing Shamrock Coins into a Bottle (Photo from Jada Roo Can Do)
St. Patrick’s Day post from Jada Roo Can Do (The blog is no longer available.)
Making Green Cookies from My Montessori Preschool (in Ireland!)
A Pot of Gold Coins Counting and Sorting Activity from Projects for Preschoolers
Counting Shamrocks Activity (Photo from Counting Coconuts)
Here are some great Montessori-inspired St. Patrick’s Day Activities from Counting Coconuts. The photo is of a St. Patrick’s Day 1-5 counting activity. Any type of number cards and identical St. Patrick’s Day objects could be used.
For an older child, you could use the numerals 1-10 and 55 shamrocks (or any St. Patrick’s Day object). You could have your child lay out the numerals in order and count out the St. Patrick’s Day objects in rows of two, placing a left-over object in the center below the bottom row. That way, your child can learn odd and even. Here are directions for presenting cards and counters from Info Montessori.
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in the Montessori Classroom, Cooking a St. Patrick’s Day Feast in the Montessori Classroom, and Montessori Cultural Celebrations – St. Patrick’s Day, March 17 from North American Montessori Center.
Spooning Colored Rice, Rainbow with Colored Chips, Shamrock Water Transfer, and Hearty Shamrocks from My Montessori Journey
March Activities (with a rainbow theme) from Olives and Pickles
St. Patrick’s Day elementary math activities from We Don’t Need No Education
Have fun with St. Patrick’s Day activities!
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So cute!
Thanks, Jessie! I always love finding all these great resources. Have a great week! 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing my link! These activities were created in my pre-training days, so the counters aren’t set up properly. 🙂
You’re welcome, Mari-Ann! Thanks for the awesome activities you always share! Actually, I think when it’s just used for the symbol and quantity 1-5, the activity can work either way. It might be simpler for very young children to just put the counters in a column under the numeral and then learn the rows of 2 when they’re ready for 1-10. I love that it’s such a versatile activity! 🙂
Thanks Deb for linking to my March Activities : )
You are so sweet!Have a wonderful day and thanks for sharing all these links with us.
You’re welcome, Patty! Thanks for your kind words and for all the great activities you share at your blog! I hope you have a wonderful day, too! 🙂
What a great list of links! I had bookmarked a St. Patty’s sensory tub idea only to come back this year and find the blog gone. 🙁
I’ll be doing one or two of these this week!
Thanks, Heather! I hate when that happens! (the bookmarked blog disappearing). Have fun on St. Patrick’s Day! 🙂
Thanks for all the wonderful links Deb. We don’t really celebrate St Patrick’s day in South Africa, but the activities will remain relevant all the same. I am sure one could tweek them a little to apply to easter, maybe?
Thanks for your comment, Nadya! I’m sure many of the activities could be tweaked for Easter – and many of the rainbow activities are relevant during any seasons with rain and rainbows! Actually, many of the color activities are appropriate year round!
Had a quick look and I have to say that the water colour transfer promises to be great fun. And of course a mess too, wouldn’t be fun otherwise I suppose.
Thanks again!
That is always a very popular activity! Fortunately, I never really had a problem with the mess because I demonstrated how to clean up and put away the activity. 🙂
oh yes! Children need to learn to clean and tidy their own. But being 2, she gets a little sidetracked. We taught her to put her clothes in the basket, and tidy the bath before she can be taken out, but the rest is still touch and go, sometimes we get her to do it, sometimes the distractions are just more interesting.
That’s so true! Children that young definitely need extra demonstrations of how to put things away – as well as time and maturity to be able to follow through consistently. It sounds like you’re doing an awesome job with your daughter! 🙂
Nice! There will be lots of kids having fun tomorrow thanks to your great ideas!
Thanks, Michelle! I had so much fun finding these online – so it would be great if lots of families are able to find some activities that add to their celebration! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🙂
I love this oh so simple idea. I will put it to good use for Easter and other such holidays!
Thanks, Jeneva – I’m glad you found the post helpful! Have a great weekend! 🙂