St. Patrick’s Day mini unit
Today we deviated from the curriculum by doing a little mini-unit about St. Patrick. I found it at Learning Through History.
We watched a couple of videos, including this one:
We read about St. Patrick here and the History of St. Patrick’s Day here.
A quick little timeline for the History of St. Patrick’s Day can be read here.
We worked on this jigsaw puzzle. I got it in 6 minutes and GB took about 20 minutes. Just click the shamrock.
We also listened to a bit of Irish music featuring one of the most popular Irish groups, The Chieftains. This video has one of my all-time favorites, Alison Krausse, singing ‘Molly Ban.’
We also made some Irish Soda Bread for our dinner (without the raisins).
I went to school with a girl whose parents were Irish - her dad spoke with a brogue - and had my first taste of Irish Soda Bread at their house. Yum!
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paradisefound — March 17, 2008 @ 6:36 pm
What fun! We didn’t do much for St. Patrick’s Day today, except eat green pancakes for dinner - my crazy idea.
And, I tried to shape them into shamrocks, but that didn’t work out so well.
This weekend, we went to watch some Irish dancers, including a 6yo friend of ours. And, on Sunday, we went to our “big” parade - it lasts over an hour!!! And, it is kind of like a kid-friendly Mardi Gras parade with all the cars, floats, etc throwing out beads and candy. Alexandra got 37 beads! And about 20 pieces of candy. Oh, and a frisbee!
Comment by Dana — March 17, 2008 @ 10:04 pm