Storytime Theme: St. Patrick’s Day
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this special storytime lesson plan all about leprechauns, clovers, and a little bit of luck! If you want to incorporate the color green into this storytime as well, check out this lesson plan all about green. The picture books below combine both classic titles as well as modern titles for a wide variety of materials. Add in a few songs and a craft and you can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style with a storytime for toddlers and preschoolers!
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Storytime Theme: St. Patrick’s Day
Books
- The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School by Laura Murray, illustrated by Mike Lowery
- How To Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace, illustrated by Andy Elkerton
- How to Trap a Leprechaun by Sue Fliess, illustrated by Emma Randall
- Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk
- The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Amy Wummer
- St. Patrick’s Day by Gail Gibbons
- St. Patrick’s Day In the Morning by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jan Brett
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover by Lucille Colandro, illustrated by Jared Lee
- Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk by Gerald McDermott
Songs & Rhymes
- I’m a Little Leprechaun – Preschool Education
- Rattlin’ Bog – Marc Gunn
- G-R-E-E-N – The Kiboomers
Crafts & Activities
- Pot of Gold – Toddler Approved
- Shamrock Man – The Resourceful Mama
- Shamrock Marshmallow Paint – The Simple Parent
