St. Patrick's Day

I kicked this storytime off by asking the kids if they knew anything about St. Patrick’s Day. Two kids in a room of seventeen knew what it was and knew what a clover was. That was it! Are they not teaching this in school anymore? Are the kids in my storytime really shy and hesitant to speak up? Possibly. Either way, I told them what St. Patrick’s Day was all about and then we read the following books:

I used two flannel boards: Five Shamrocks and Leprechaun, Leprechaun What Do You See? (I used this flannel board idea and made pieces based on the pictures: http://librarystorytimeabcs.blogspot.com/2012/03/not-flannel-friday-leprechaun.html)

To end storytime we made a green lace fan for our craft.