We Set a Trap

It was a very busy day at StrongStart this moring.
Many families joined us for St. Paddy's day fun.

The art table was busy with children painting pots for gold.

Beautiful pots for gold

 waiting at the end of our rainbow.

At story time we read "Twas the Night Before St. Patrick's Day".
A story about Tim and Maureen's (gotta love the name)
adventure one St. Patrick's day.
Rumours were spreading that a Leprechaun might sneak into our school today.

So we set a trap that we borrowed from one of our big buddies

We set the trap with pieces of gold

before leaving the room to go to gym 

But when we returned, the trap was sprung.

We found a tiny little note and a tiny little hat

 full of gold dust.

After reading the note I surprised the children 

by sprinkling them with the gold dust.

The rest of the morning I overheard conversations

about Leprechauns.

"I think he took my frog."

"The dinosaurs scared the Leprechaun away."
"Do you think he'll come back?"

As the children headed home they picked up their pots 

and were surprised to see gold in them.

Corn pops for gold.

May you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire.

Enjoy all the magic that St. Patrick's Day may bring.

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Oh were my eyes smiling this morning.

And so were many more.

 

 

 They twinkled more when we did the Shamrock Pokey.

 

 You put your shamrock in, you put your shamrock out, 

you put your shamrock in and you shake it all about.

 You do the Shamrock Pokey and turn yourself around.

 And that's what it's all about.

Today was all about smiling and having a magical time.

Follow a Rainbow

Today our buddies surprised us with a puzzle.

"Follow the rainbow string to ??"

So we followed it.

The rainbow string went through the office,

up the stairs,

through the library,

and the computer lab.

We had to stop once to untangle ourselves.

The end of the rainbow was at our big buddies classroom.

The grade 3s showed us their Leprechaun traps that they built.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 After they explained how their traps worked we enjoyed a story together.

 This is a new book to me.

Too Many Leprechauns or How that Pot o'Gold  Got to the End of the Rainbow.

It's a story of how Finn tricked the Leprechauns to leave his village 

because they made too much noise with their tap-tap-tapping

making fairy shoes.

Of course at the end of the story was all the gold at the end of the rainbow.

So I provided a bit of gold to share.

We've borrowed one of our buddies traps 

just in case a Leprechaun tries to make mischief 

in our room tomorrow.

Story - The Quarreling Rainbow

Thanks to Alix from our Storytelling group for sharing this short story with me.
The beginning of the video started a bit late so you missed how I introduced the story.
It went like this...
Long ago in a land where fairy tales were made it started to rain and rain and rain....

The story gave us the opportunity to practice the colour signs we've been learning this week.

Rainbows - How Does Yours Look?

Our art table today consisted of six trays of paint and six arches.

We painted rainbows using arches cut from pink insulation foam.

 I love when fun activities teach and inspire.

 I heard this little girl say the colour as she picked up each arch that she wanted.

 She put them all in order till the last one.

 As she sat there and admired her painting

I could see her eyes moving from the green arch at the top

to the bottom of her rainbow.

I waited for her to comment or add something,

but she didn't,

 instead she moved on to gluing on gold pieces

and a pot of gold.

Meanwhile, across the table, her brother was inspired to use the arches in a different way.

 Their mom stood watching.

 She commented on the different approaches her children took to art.

 Both enjoyed their work.

And mom made wonderful, descriptive comments about both.

Here are a few other works of art.

 A 20 month old with encouragement from grandpa,

especially when her fingers got paint on them.

He showed her how to make fingerprints and it

motivated her to keep painting.

 A 3 year olds art.

A 2 year olds art.