Even though we have already done a unit on Ireland.
Every March we try to incorporate a new activity or crafty project.
This year since St. Patrick's Day in nearing we have
decided to capture this celebration and learn a bit more
about the history behind this festivity.
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| Symbols of the Irish culture. The Irish Harp, the Leprechaun and the clover |
If you decide to use this unit in your classroom or homeschooling you may
download it from my TPT Shop Here.
You may also pair this unit with any book on this subject.
We decided to use two different books from our local library and do
some read out-louds as we get water coloring on a Leprechaun's hat.
The inside of this lap book is very simple and you will only need
to complete it a one file folder of any color.
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| Simple lap book layout. But will hold of the important facts about St Patrick's life |
This is a picture of our project glued but not completed.
As you can see
my son went ahead and started coloring some of the
mini books inside.
More About My Unit
This unit comes with a reader that will
teach your students about the life of Maewyn Succat (St. Patrick)
and how he came to be the Patron of Ireland
and celebrated world wide.
Also a lap book (shown above)
which your kids will
complete as a reading comprehension activity.
Lap books are a great addition to any unit of study.
You may have students personalized them or work together
creating one.
Then, have them talk about their project and showcase it in your
classroom.
As your students cut, glue and paste they will be able to
revisit some of the facts they have learned through the reading.
Making a Leprechaun's Hat
When I created this unit I thought that the Leprechaun was one of the Folkloric
characters that is seldom tied to St Patrick's day.
Children, love the stories told about Leprechauns and Fairies so we
decided to make the greet Leprechaun's hat.
Getting our water coloring done. We have also used the brush barely
wet to get a more consistent and unified color.
We have been using different water color techniques in our projects lately
so we have purchased brushes and also water color pencils.
Once our first base color is done we move on to the rest.
When the entire hat has been water colored and dry,
we moved on to using some green paper shreds and glue them on
the sides of the hat.
You may or may not use our inspiration but....
this is just an idea.
Please note that I always like to Mod Podge all of our projects.
The reason being, it will preserve them and they can make paper
glossy and thick so my son can showcase his work at ease.
Our final hat is ready to be glued on top of our lap book.
Of course, you cannot forget the shamrock as a symbol of the Holy Trinity.
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