Saint Patricks Day

Saint Patrick's Day Unit Study - Language Arts & Mathematics
Irish Themed Activities for Learning
Learning and fun should go hand in hand! Children love to apply their learning to something they relate to, something enjoyable, something that will stick long after the lessons are done. Why not connect a holiday which comes every year to everyday learning objectives? Since I enjoy holidays, I like to create lesson plans related to them! These language arts and math suggestions are ones I collected and thought would be exciting during March, near Saint Patrick's Day! They focus around gramma...

Saint Patrick's Day Unit Study
A Saint Patrick's Day Celebration of Learning!
It's so much fun to teach and learn using thematic unit studies! I love taking a theme such as a holiday or special topic and relating it to many curricula areas! Even as children go from one subject to another, some of the same concepts are carrying through, reinforcing what they've learned in one subject and relating it to another subject. Instead of dry isolated facts being presented, hopefully in a unit study the objectives will carry more meaning as the students see the "whole picture" o...

Saint Patrick's Day Unit Study ~ Social Studies
Ireland ~ A Beautiful Country!
Learning and fun should go hand in hand! Children love to apply their learning to something they relate to, something enjoyable, something that will stick long after the lessons are done. Why not connect a holiday which comes every year to everyday learning objectives? Since I enjoy holidays, I like to create lesson plans related to them! These social studies suggestions are ones I thought would be exciting during March, near Saint Patrick's Day! They focus around Ireland, Ireland's history, ...