St.Paddy's day

This little leprechaun slid down the rainbow,
This little leprechaun stayed home.
This little leprechaun picked a shamrock,
This little leprechaun found some gold.
This little leprechaun cried, "See if you can catch me,"
As he ran  home. (taken from below link)

Want more: http://www.kidsparkz.com/preschoolsingsstpats.html

This week was March break. Which is also code for planning a billion things to do in 1 week.  One of the activites we did was make shamrocks. Using paint (3 different colours of green), green peppers, and paper. I used coffee filters for the paint so that it gave enough room for the children to dip their green peppers into. Then they stamp onto the paper.
Set up time: 5-7 min
Time it took my children to make craft: less then 10 min

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Keeping up with the green theme, we made avocado cheese melts for lunch. Take a ripe avocado (usually slightly brown when ripe, and finger makes a slight dent in it when you push on skin), bread/buns/or pita, and cheese. Cut avocado in half, and let children scoop out inside into a bowl.  With a fork they can mash it up. They can then take fork and spread mixture onto the bread. 1/2 an avocado makes enough for 2 buns. Sprinkle with cheese, and broil on low in oven (keep a close eye on it so it doens't burn)
Cut into smaller pieces and serve it up.
For a baby starting solids- cut avocado into quarters(big enough for them to hold into fist) and let them chew away on it.  If they are teething put avocado in fridge(if the seed is still in it, it won't turn brown) then cut when colder.
138 calories and 14.1 grams of fat  and 3.4 grams of fibre in half an avocado

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