In this blog post: Get 6 fun and free St. Patrick’s Day resources perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, or first grade.
February in the classroom is so packed full of holidays, that by the time March and St. Patrick’s Day roll around, it just seems to spring up out of nowhere!
These 6 fun and free St. Patrick’s Day resources can help get your class in the spring mood.
In this blog post, you’ll find activities for morning tubs, math centers, reading, and more! Keep reading to find the best free St. Patrick’s Day resources for your classroom.
St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Worksheets
If you’re looking for fine motor activities for morning tubs or just for some extra practice, these free St. Patrick’s Day Themed Fine Motor Worksheets are as easy as print and go!
A variety of fine motor printables is included so you can even spread these out throughout a few different centers. Some of the fine motor activities include:
- dot markers
- dot stickers
- dotting paint with cotton swabs
- tracing activities
- cutting activities
- hole punch
- tear and glue pictures
- pin poke pictures
St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Worksheets
If you are a fan of my seasonal fine motor mat freebies, you’ll love this St. Patrick’s Day version!
These print and go St. Patrick’s Day fine motor activities are perfect for morning tubs or fine motor centers. Just add manipulatives!
Five mats each are included for: pom-poms, pony beads, playdough, pattern blocks, popsicle sticks, and tear and glue paper.
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St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Mats
Get 6 fun St. Patrick’s Day themed fine motor activities perfect for morning tubs or early finisher activities this March!
March Count and Clip Cards
These differentiated count and clip cards are perfect for all throughout March! Students will identify the number shown and then clip the matching number.
Not only does this set of St. Patrick’s Day counting clip cards include counting practice, but it also includes options to practice place value up to 99 (perfect if you’ve just finished up teaching teen numbers in Kindergarten).
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March Count and Clip Cards
These March count and clip cards include practice with counting or place value and numbers up to 99.
St. Patrick’s Day Alphabet Decodable Books
If you’ve seen my Nonfiction Decodable Readers, you know that I always offer the alphabet version of the books for free!
Your students will absolutely love reading all about St. Patrick’s Day or how to build a leprechaun trap. The best part about these St. Patrick’s Day alphabet books? Your pre-readers can read them even if they are still learning letters and sounds!
Each page features an uppercase letter, lowercase letter, and picture.
Students will point and say the letter sound, letter sound, and picture. Not only does this reinforce that text on the page represents sounds that we say, but it also teaching concepts of print!
Leprechaun Directed Drawing
Your students will LOVE drawing a silly leprechaun with this free St. Patrick’s Day directed drawing! The visual directions will help you guide students step-by-step through how to draw a leprechaun.
Idea: You can even add this directed drawing to your writing center! Then students can write all about their leprechaun.
St. Patrick’s Day Measure the Room
This is the time of year we are just wrapping up nonstandard measurement in Kindergarten, so what better way to practice than this free St. Patrick’s Day Measure the Room math center?
Just hang up the measure the room cards around the room. Students will go around the room and search for the cards.
When they find a card, they will count how many cubes tall the picture is and write it on their recording sheet.
This would be a great addition to my monthly math around the room centers!
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St Patrick’s Day Measure the Room
This St Patrick’s Day math center is a fun way to practice nonstandard measurement in kindergarten!
I hope you enjoyed these 6 fun and free St. Patrick’s Day activities and resources and that they bring a little light and laughter to your classroom this March.
Natalie
