Our local kindy came to visit us for our Discovery session today. We tried to wear green (and so did they) while we were discovering about St Patrick's Day.
The children had a great time catching up with their kindy friends and teachers, and I loved seeing some of the new faces that will be joining us at school soon.
We were busy....
.... making leprechaun spoon puppets ....
.... playing 'pot of gold' bean bag toss ....
.... colouring and cutting a silly shamrock person ....
.... and playing with green playdough.
We liked digging for gold coins in green goo ....
.... and waving magic shamrock wands ....
.... then drumming our own version of Irish music ....
.... and making a fort ....
.... gluing a paper rainbow ....
.... and lastly stamping a St Patrick's Day card with our fingers.
But the favourite part of most children's morning was eating morning tea together and playing on the playground with their friends.
Did you know?
- St Patrick died on March 17 in the year 461. He is a hero in Ireland.
- Wearing green and eating green food helps celebrate St Patrick's use of a green shamrock.
- Some places have parades to celebrate St Patrick's day.
- A leprechaun is a type of fairy that wears a green coat, has a red beard and gets up to mischief.
- Leprechauns make shoes when they are not playing practical jokes.
- Leprechauns have a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. One gold coin for every year of their life.
- St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
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