Green, Glitter and Gold

During circle time on Tuesday, we found a rainbow and a pot of gold that Lucky the Leprechaun hid in our class!  We had fun peeling off the gel pieces and putting the rainbow together. When we finished we added the pot of gold at the end.  We're trying to remember the order of the colors of the rainbow...ask your kids to see if they know!

During the first half of the year we learned to recognize our first names, now we're  learning to read our last names during circle time too.  We're also starting to print our last names occasionally.  We heard the story The Shoemaker and the Elves today and then we made leprechaun ladders using pipe cleaners, straws and shamrocks.

Here we are making our leprechaun ladders.

Tuesday was an extended day where some of us stayed for lunch.  We had a little extra time to play and we made rainbow art.  We put all the colors of the rainbow on a tray then put paper on top and used a rolling pin to spread the paint.  These are the designs we made.

The kids used blank paper to create these designs.  We had fun looking at them and trying to decide what they looked like.  We had a rainbow sky, 2 rainbow fish, a fire breathing dragon and a bumble bee!  

We used a paper with the letter R printed on it, put it on the paint and rolled it, then cut it out and glued it down when it was dry.  What beautiful "Rainbow R's!


Wednesday and Thursday we painted paper plates green then sprinkled gold and green glitter on top.  We turned them into leprechaun hats on St. Patrick's Day.

We had our hammer and shapes set out all week during activity time...it is one of the kids favorite!  We also had playdough and rainbow colored beans and mosaics available all week.

Our beautiful pots of gold with the rainbow coming out...the colors are in the same order as a rainbow in the sky!

We used glue to make the letter G and a shamrock, then sprinkled gold and green glitter on top!

Thursday was "Wear Green to School Day".  When we arrived at school our leprechaun ladders were hanging on our hooks with a gold coin for each of us!  The leprechauns left some gold "leprechaun dust" on the ladders so we knew they were there!  We went on a hunt around the church to look for leprechauns, we didn't see them but Miss Lucy said she heard one run by her office and when we looked around, sure enough, there were gold coins left for us in the church narthex.  We had fun collecting them...each of us found 7 gold coins to take home.  Back downstairs, it was time for snack. Lucky had left his favorite snack, we opened it, poured it in a bowl, added milk to it and stirred it up...it turned green and thick!!  It was green pudding!  Yum!!

"May the sun shine all day long, everything go right and nothing wrong. May those you love bring love back to you, and may all the wishes you wish come true!"