St. Patrick's Day in the Morning

Jamie Donovan was the first one to awaken on St. Patrick's Day morning. Downstairs, lying on the table, were the green sashes everyne in the family would be wearing in the big St. Patrick's Day parade-everone but Jamie, that is. "It's not fair, Nell," Jamie said to his sheepdog. "I want to walk in the parade too. They say I'm too small-that I couldn't get to the top of Acorn Hill. But what do they know?" So Jamie took his mother's raincoat, his dad's black hat, his brother Sean's sash and his other brother Kevin's flute. With Nell trailing behind him, Jamie created his own St. Patrick's Day parade and proved to himself that he was big enough to climb tot he top of Acorn Hill.

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St. Patrick's Day Fun

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this collection of cute crafts, fun games and delicious recipes, not to mention word searches, crosswords, hidden pictures, coloring pages and more! Perfect for free-time, filling in spare moments or just having an enjoyable activity to do, these holiday-themed reproducibles make special days fun. 31 reproducible pages, answer key included. For primary grades.

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Crafts for St. Patricks Day

From a leprechaun greeting card, to a pot-of-gold table decoration, children will find plenty of great St. Patrick's Day projects in this book. Colorul step-by-step illustrations accompany each craft, and all the projects make use of materials that are inexpensive and easy to find.

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Easter & St. Patrick's Day, Thematic Unit

Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials are literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. They provide activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Each book offers two or more literature-based units and lesson plans plus cross-curricular activities and worksheets, a culminating activity, management ideas, and a bibliography. Complete and comprehensive, these reproducible units are designed with student interest and teacher usability in mind. The planning is complete. The books used in "Easter and St. Patrick's Day" are: "Leprechauns Never Lie" by Lorna Balian "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter

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Shamrocks, Harps & Shillelaghs: The Story of the St. Patrick's Day Symbols

Why does a leprechaun always live alone? Where did St. Patrick grow up before he was kidnapped and taken as a slave to Ireland? Each of the familiar St. Patrick's Day symbols has an amazing story that illuminates Ireland's rich history, and some can be traced back to ancient customs from many different cultures. All are recognized today by people the world over and are celebrated in the pages of this entertaining book. Also includes the following activities: recipe for Irish Soda Bread, How to make gree carnations, snake facts, St. Patrick's Day tongue twisters, and information on chocolate hunts.

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The Story of Saint Patrick's Day

This little book, in a few simple words, tells the story of the history and meaning of the symbols of Saint Patrick's Day. It also introduces the young child to the celebration of the holiday in schoolrooms and in the country. Parents are encouraged to discuss the holiday with the child and help the child make some of the symbols of Saint Patrick's Day.

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Hurray for Today: All About Holidays

With a little help from the Birthday Bird of Katroo, the Cat and Co. explain (in rhymed verse!) the origin of common holiday rituals such as lighting candles, dying eggs, and sending cards. Holidays include Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's, Groundhog's Day, Valentine's Day, President's Day, St. Patrick's Day - and that's only through March!

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Celebrations That Touch the Heart: Creative Ideas to Make Your Holidays and Special Events Meaningful

Meant not to be read from beginning to end, but to serve as an invaluable family resource that can be used again and again, this book is filled to overflowing with easy, fun ideas to help readers infuse family gatherings and group events with emotional depth and spiritual meaning. This book includes family-friendly suggestions for celebrating Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day and Father's Day, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and other important days, plus it encourages readers to come up with their own ideas for how to make each important day feel meaningful and special.

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Holiday Fun

Holiday Fun provides the busy early childhood teacher with a wealth of activities to help young children learn about cultures and traditions from around the world. 32 different holidays across the year are featured -- each with several activities, such as arts and crafts, games, poems, and recipes. All the "usual holidays" (Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, Kwaanza, etc.) are included, as well as less familiar celebrations such as Moomba Festival, Kamehameha Day, and Diwali.

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The Best of Holidays & Seasonal Celebrations, Issues 9-13, Grades 1-3

A collection of the best teaching tips, ideas, articles and creative learning activities from issues 9-13 of Holidays & Seasonal Celebrations magazine is sure to give you something to celebrate every day of the school year! The selections in this book represent some of the most innovative and frequently requested materials. The recurring holidays, seasons and themes are always timely and a favorite way to motivate young children. Each season presents clip art; age-appropriate outdoor learning discoveries and seasonal and holiday crafts, projects, book reviews, stories, take-home newsletters, fingerplays, snacks, calendars, ideas and activities. Look forward to fall with a back-to-xhool poem, bulletin board and get-aquainted activity. There are also activities to celebrate the ice cream cone, Columbus Day, Fire Safety Week and National Children's Book Week. An apple unit and Thanksgiving crafts are included. Winter brings Frosty the Snowman Fun, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa activities. Celebrate Christmas with Make-It Myself decorations. Special activities are also included for National Soup Month, 100 Day and many more holidays. Leap into spring and summer with a St. Patrick's Day obstacle course, songs to celebrate Music in Our Schools Month, gardening fun, ideas for a Lei Day party and literature-based Mother Goose Day. A summer safety poem with activities and ideas for Cinco de Mayo and other special days are included. You'll find the answer to your holiday and seasonal teaching needs between the covers of this book, a class compilation of timely, appropriate and original materials to celebrate the seasons!

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March, Making Books with Pockets

Making Books with Pockets. Grades 1-3. Enliven every month of the year with fun, exciting learning projects that students can proudly present in a unique book format. There are lessons for art, creative writing, nonfiction writing, science, social studies, and literature. You get reproducibles galore - minibooks, patterns, and writing forms. Each month also has a calendar form, a list of special days to celebrate, two interactive bulletin boards, and up to date bibliographies. The easy to use format includes an illustrated overview to show and tell exactly what goes in each pocket. March: St. Patrick's Day, Weather, and Our Community.

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