We followed along to our bean bag song and then I read Green Shamrocks by Eve Bunting. Rabbit grew some shamrocks so he can wear them for the St. Patrick's Day parade, but they end up going missing. He has to ask all his animal friends if they took the gold pot with his shamrocks growing inside.
I chosen this book because it is a cute St. Pat's story that is just the right length for a program like this and it tied in with our crafts, specifically the St. Patrick's Day necklace craft.
The group enjoyed the story and then it was time to do some art! We used green and yellow markers and spray bottles filled with water to make tie-dyed shamrocks on heart shaped coffee filters. This group loves to play with the spray bottles and they seen how these two colors blended together compared to the red and purple we used for Valentine's Day hearts.
While we were waiting for this craft to dry, everyone worked on their St. Patrick's Day necklace. They wrote their names on the shamrock and threaded fruit loops through gold ribbon. They liked this craft and wanted to eat some of the fruit loops and smelled their fruity scent. This was a good craft to work on their fine motor skills.
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| Our leprechaun rocks, St. Pat's necklace, and tie-dyed shamrock. |
We ended Preschool Picasso by playing with Leprechaun rocks. These were "rocks" made out of 1 cup baking soda and 1/4 cup water mixed with green food coloring. The kids used spray bottles filled with vinegar to spray on the rocks. We watched how they fizzed, bubbled, and dissolved the rocks and discovered each rock had a lucky gold coin inside. They loved this one so much and the parents were asking for the recipe. The kids noticed the strong smell of vinegar and got introduced to some fun science.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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