March 17th, is St Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day observes the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The holiday has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture with parades, special foods, music, dancing, drinking and a whole lot of green. The following provides free Printables and Templates that will enable you to celebrate St Patrick's Day at your service and activities that can be implemented into the curriculum for children.

St Patrick's Day Posters provide images of St Patricks Day celebrations. These can be used as discussion points for children. These can also be used in dramatic play.

St Patrick's Day I Spy is a great counting game for children, Children have to count the correct picture objects and write the correct amount next to the picture. These can be laminated and children can circle the objects as they count. Great to use for St Patrick's Day.

Pot Gold Tracing Lines enables children to use hand-eye coordination and encourages them to draw in a specific direction. These are great for children who are developing their pre-writing skills.

Leprechaun Colour Matching enables children to match the correct colour hat to the matching coloured leprechaun. This is great for children learning colours and for colour recognition.

The Counting Pots Of Gold encourages children to recognise the number on the pot and to count the correct number of gold coins to add to each of the pots. This is a great way for children to recognise and learn numbers and for one to one correspondence. This can be used in a variety of ways including with playdough where children can make their own coins to add, laminates and used for drawing and so much more!

Counting beards is a fun "St Patrick's Day" counting activity from 1 to 20. Children need to recognise and identify the number on the leprechaun had and add the correct number of orange balls as a beard. This is a great way for children to recognise and learn numbers and for one to one correspondence. This can be used in a variety of ways including with playdough where children can make their own beards out of playdough when laminated children can draw their own beards.