With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I have been doing a few leprechaun activities with my students. One that my 1st graders enjoy is to use the “Substitute” tool from S.C.A.M.P.E.R. to imagine what they would like to find at the end of the rainbow instead of a pot of gold. This year, one student drew a puppy that solves Rubix Cubes. That was definitely “out of the pot” thinking! My 2nd graders “Adapted” a classroom to leprechauns, and included posters that instructed the leprechaun students, “How to Talk to Humans.”
The hands-down favorite St. Patrick’s Day activity for my students has always been the Leprechaun Traps. I usually do this with my Kindergartners. The other day, my 2nd graders were recalling the excitement of making the traps and speculating that “probably Mrs. Eichholz was the one who left the notes – not a leprechaun.” 🙂 I’m looking forward to introducing my newest group of Kinders to the Design Process and STEM as they invent their own leprechaun traps.
Breakout Edu has a couple of Leprechaun games on their Seasonal page. (Remember that you need to register for free in order to get the password that opens the full set of instructions.)
Technology Rocks. Seriously. has a grand collection of leprechaun activities that include digital and paper links.
And, as if that is not enough, the MilkandCookies blog offers a free download of St. Patrick’s Day logic and sudoku puzzles here.
I wish everyone the Luck of the Irish this March, and I hope you discover your own pot of gold in the near future. (If it’s a puppy who can solve Rubix Cubes, please send him to my house because I’ve never been able to complete one without cheating.)
