St. Patrick's Day

ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

The theme for this week is St. Patrick.  We will learn the history of St. Patrick and why we celebrate the day.  

BOOKS



Few books we used this week.

ARTS/CRAFTS

Made some four leaf clovers and taped them to some paper, then the kids colored on top of the paper trying to cover all around the clover.  Once done they peeled off the clover to relieve their work.  



Kids made some cute St. Patrick's hats, you can find the pattern on 
Just is a four letter word website.



Talked about rainbows and all its beautiful colors and then the kids made these tasty bracelets with cereal.   D loved eating them so his bracelet only had about 5 on it.

Once done with all their crafts I hid several lucky clover coins, bought a bag of these at Target, around the living room.  The kids loved searching all over the living room for the coins.  Played several games of find the coins.  It was fun watching how excited they got searching for the coins.  

With St. Patrick's Day being around the corner, have your preschooler or older child help the leprechaun find his way back to the gold with this fun worksheet.  For more Educational Resources, visit Education.com!

FIELD TRIP 

Went to a field trip to Jim's Gems and Gold with our co-op group.  Jim taught the kids about the many different types of rocks and gems you can find in the ground and how they are formed.  Kids enjoyed being about to look through all the rocks and gems Jim had for them to observe on the table.



After their lessons on rocks and minerals the kids got to mine for gems.  It was exciting to see their faces and see what surprises were in their bags.



Working hard searching for their gems.

Proud of her fines.

Love his face of happiness, this boy sure does loves rocks.

It's been a very eventful week learning about St. Patrick and how he came from England across the sea to be a slave in Ireland.  Patrick was a shepherd but he missed his parents so much that he escaped.  He went back to Ireland to teach people to be kind to each other.  Learned that St. Patrick scared all the snakes out of Ireland.  St. Patrick brought a special plant to Ireland a shamrocks.  May people celebrate this day whether they are Irish or not.  It's lots of fun learning about other cultures, different celebrations, and the ways people live. 

Dr. Seuss Week

DR. SEUSS

Dr. Seuss Week to celebrate his birthday.

BOOKS

Few of our books we used this week.

VIDEOS

Some videos from our collection and watched several that was on Netflix.

Made some pencils with fluffy pom poms to look like the Trees from "The Lorax".

ARTS AND CRAFTS

For some of the books we read the kids made some crafts to go with the book.  

"Go, Dog, Go!"

"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, and Blue Fish" and "Horton Hears a Who!"

"The Cat in the Hat"

"There's a Wocket in my Pocket"

"Hop on Pop"

"Green Eggs and Ham"

"Fox in Socks"

Love seeing all the art works on the wall.

FIELD TRIP 

Went to Chuck E. Cheese with the family, they had a lot of new games for the kids to enjoy even more.  Won a lot of tickets and the kids had a blast.

Finishing the day with some popsicles.  

Library story and craft time: 

He was super happy to lay on the Dr. Seuss rug.

We dedicated this week to Dr. Seuss since it was his birthday March 2.  Finished many different crafts after reading several books, and watched a few shows and videos of Dr.Seuss.  It was a great week full of fun tongue twisting reading.