St. Patrick's Day Thursday Party

Hello! I apologize for the lack of posts. It's been a crazy semester but a good one! Today we had a party just for fun and learned more about St. Patrick's Day, clovers, and leprechaun lore. We read a book that described what leprechauns do and learned they are very mischievous. I've been talking to the class how last year a leprechaun came and visited our room but when we tried to find him and his gold he made a mess of our room. Yet again the class decided we should try to trap him. So we laid a trap out (it had to be green they said!) and added some glitter and a gold coin to entice him into the trap.

Just a few minutes later Pastor Pam came running in the room saying she was out walking and something blurred by and a note was left on the ground. Here's the note:

So we all decided the next place to go was Ms. Jen's office and they were all a little excited! Can't you tell??

In Jen's office we found yet another note! This one was particularly funny and I was able to capture a picture of them all cracking up and the line. :)

So they all headed off the the bathroom and looked for the leprechaun but found yet another note!

The class wasn't sure if this note meant to play inside or outside so we voted and decided to check the playground first because he said he was running and we all know in the classroom that we have walking feet. Here's what we found next:

                                       

They all thought this was quite funny since they had just seen Miss Lindsey at the bathroom and couldn't believe she would know where the leprechaun is. When we got to her we asked her about him and she hadn't seen him but then one student noticed there was something on her back so she turned around and sure enough, she had a note taped to her back!

Oh no! Trouble in our room! This had me quite concerned so off we went and yep, just take a look at what we found! That pesky leprechaun is mighty mischievous!

When they went to check the trap it seems the leprechaun was able to run in and grab the gold coin before the trap was sprung. But he did leave all the students little gems for their effort. They were all a little disappointed they didn't get to see the leprechaun and didn't think it was fair they had to clean up after his mess. (hehe) But we had such a good time trying to catch him! We ended our day with a fun snack and activity. I love these kids. They spent 45 minutes just sitting and eating their fruit rainbow and talking to each other. I had another activity (a fun color by number leprechaun) for any of them who wanted to complete it as well. What a fun day today was!