Book - Alice the Fairy (I didn't have a St. Patricks book so I just grabbed one I thought they would like)
Movement - Find the Pot of Gold
Evan's mom, Denyal, made cute pots for gold for each kid. I hid them and put gold coin clues around the house that helped lead to the pot of gold. Each clue was finish the sentence. There were four clues totally nothing super fancy. They loved this and loved the prize at the end! The pots of gold were a big hit. Thanks Denyal!
Alphabet - Coin Toss
I cut out 26 shamrocks and laid them on the ground. The kids were given golden (chocolate) coins. They tossed the coins and when they landed on a shamrock they told me the name and sound the letter makes. If they were right they got to keep the coin and shamrock.
Numbers - Worksheet
If I was good I would have remembered and pinned where I got the worksheet, but I didn't:/ Anyway it was a gold coin count. They counted the coins and matched that to the number. Then traced the number with a pen.
Art/Craft - Leprechaun
We had to do this in sections. First we painted the paper plates. Then let them dry. Next we cut the paper plates to make it look like a beard. And pasted the leprechaun hats together and onto the plate.
I think they turned out pretty dane cute!
Game - Toss for Coins
I had a pot of gold in the middle of the floor. The kids were told to toss pom-poms into the pot. And if they got it in they would get a gold coin to add to their collection of gold coins.
Wednesdays Schedule -Scientist
Book - The Very Grouchy Caterpillar
Today Kathryn mixed it up a little and had different science experiments for the kids.
Experiment 1: Milk Painting - Kathryn poured milk into a shallow dish. Had the kids put drops of food coloring into the center of the dish. Dip a QTip into and show that nothing happens, then put dish soap onto Qtip and watch colors repel from the QTip.
Experiment 2: Glitter Volcano - Kathryn poured baking soda into a flower vase along with food coloring and glitter, then poured in vinegar. And watched it explode! They did this a few times and she showed the kids how putting in 2 different colors of food coloring made the volcano would be a different color (like blue & yellow = green).
Experiment 3: Soap Explosion - Kathryn put ivory soap in the microwave and watched it explode. We then crushed the exploded soap in our hands to make snow.
Experiment 4: Mentos & Diet Coke explosion - Kathryn put mentos in diet coke and then they would watch it explode.
Art/Craft - Painting
Kathryn got out butcher paper and paint and let the kids go tot town painting. Without direction they wanted to paint their names.
The kids loved all the experiments and had a blast that day!
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