Mar. 7, 2007 - St. Patrick's Day, a celebration of yore and lore.
The leprechaun legends provide wonderful imaginative play and craft opportunities. Family Fun's brief rendition of leprechaun legend (excerpted below) is followed by activities and recipes.
Full of magic and trickery, the leprechauns remain in their hidden world until the night before St. Patrick's Day. On that one night of the year they appear throughout the world to dance and sing and frolic.
Disguising themselves as leaves and grass, and sounding like the wind and the crickets, they come and go unnoticed.
However, it is said that if a decorated treasure box is left empty under the moon, the leprechauns must fill the box with gold or jewels or gifts. But then they will hide the filled box in the most unlikely of places.
If the box is found on St. Patrick's Day, the treasure remains in our world. If not, the leprechauns may retrieve what is rightfully theirs. And though the leprechauns are very clever, it is not impossible to find the treasure because, unknowingly, leprechauns often leave a trail of greenery behind them.
Choose your own adventure, craft, project, game, song, or activity from the plethora of St. Patrick's Day theme goodies at 123Child. A few of my personal favorites from this selection include the Toilet Paper Leprechaun craft, the Shamrock Match-up varieties, the Leprechaun song, the Who is Wearing Green Today song, and the What Time Is it, Mr. Leprechaun game.
A few more opportunities for exploration:
I will be making a few St. Patrick's day or leprechaun matching worksheets that I can share, so check back later this week. In the meantime, thanks to all the wonderful home-schoolers out there who share these resources, worksheets, and opportunities on a regular basis. You guys rock!
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Mar. 6, 2007 - Planning ahead for April.
If you haven't settled on your plans for April yet, here are a few marvelous plans and resources created by greater minds than mine:
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Mar. 6, 2007 - Using illustrations for homeschooling.
There are so many incredible cartoons, sketches, and illustrations online right now that I've decided to start working them in to my unschooling with Max. I rely mostly on the Drawn! Illustration blog for arrows to the gold mines. Speaking of gold mines, these illustrators have images which will appeal to any child while teaching them about the differences in texture, style, emphasis, subject, perspective, and medium in art. Please screen all links before sharing with children, since some of these illustrations contain adult content.
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