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*Women's
History Month
American
Maid: Growing Up Female in Life and Literature
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute has ten literature-based women's
history curriculum units for grades 3 to 12.
Florence
Nightingale (grades 1-3)
A mini-unit on Florence Nightingale with activities and a health unit
on germs.
Color and cut out paper dolls of famous women:
Florence
Nightingale
Harriet
Tubman Integrated Unit (K-4)
5 lessons accompanied by standards, assessment measures, and
extension activities about Harriet Tubman.
*Parent
Application Month
Parent Survival Kit
Place in a bag for each parent the following: a rubber band, a
tissue, a button, a toothpick, a band-aid, candy hugs, a gold thread,
a eraser, lifesaver candy, a mint, and the parent
survival kit paper
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*3rd
Hina Matsuri-Doll Festival or Girls' Festival (Japan)
Families with young daughters mark this day by setting up a display
of dolls inside the house. The dolls wear costumes of the imperial
court during the Heian period (794-1192) and are placed on a tiered
platform covered with red felt.
Tissue Peach Blossoms
Make tissue peach blossoms-the flowers traditionally associated with
Doll's Day.
Use a brown crayon to draw bare branches on pieces of light blue
construction paper. Hand out the papers with squares of peach colored
tissue paper. Let the children tear the tissue into tiny pieces. Then
have them spread small circles of glue on their branches and press
bits of tissue all over the glue to create fluffy blossoms. Use the
finished pictures to decorate a wall or a bulletin board.
Doll's Day Party
Arrange cardboard boxes to make a staircase like stand and cover it
with red crepe paper or cloth. Invite each child to bring in a
favorite doll or toy to display on the Doll's Day stand. When the
display is ready, have the children gather around the stand and take
turns telling something about the dolls or toys they brought.
Dancing Dolls
Let the children pretend to be Doll's Day dolls that have been packed
away in their boxes for the year. Have them lie down on the floor.
Then play recordings of Japanese music to signal that Doll's Day has
arrived. Have the "dolls" hop up out of their boxes and
dance as long as they hear the music. Whenever the music stops, have
them get back down into their boxes and lie still.
Doll's Day Snack
The traditional treats for Doll's Day are pastel colored candies and
rice cakes. For a sugarless alternative use small cookie cutters to
cut shapes out of bread slices (or cut sandwiches diagonally to
create triangle sandwiches).
In separate bowls whip cream cheese and add drops of food coloring to
create pastel shades. Spread the cheese on the bread shapes and
arrange them on small paper plates. Serve with thin melon slices.
For added fun make tables by placing cardboard boxes upside down on
the floor and setting them with colorful placements. Then let the
children take off their shoes and sit around the tables while
enjoying their Doll's Day snacks.
*Other Sites
Emperor
Origami for Hina Matsuri
Empress
Origami for Hina Matsuri
Easy origami to print and make
*17th
St. Patrick's Day
*Art
Leprechaun Ladders
Need per child: white or clear plastic straws cut into 1-inch
sections, shamrock shapes cut out of green construction paper and
punch holes in the centers (holes need to be smaller than the
straws), green yarn.
Make leprechaun ladders to use as room decorations.
Let the children string the shamrock shapes on pieces of yarn with a
straw section between each shamrock. When they have finished, hang
their leprechaun ladders from the ceiling or in the window.
For a fun surprise, sprinkle a light dusting of flour and gold
glitter on the shamrocks for the children to discover on St.
Patrick's Day. The "magic dust" was left by leprechauns as
they climbed and danced on their ladders!
Shamrock Mobile
Need: 12 craft sticks, yellow paint, green construction paper, yarn.
Paint craft sticks. Let dry. Glue together the ends of 4 sticks to
make a square. Make 3 squares.
Cut 1 twelve inch and 2 three inch pieces of yarn. Use the 2 shorter
pieces to tie together the squares( when tieing turn the squares so
that they are diamond shapes). Tie the longest piece on the end to
use as a hanger.
Cut 6 shamrocks from green construction paper and glue 2 of them to
each square. Let dry and hang.
*Snack/Cooking
Magic Pudding
Need: vanilla pudding, green food coloring, containers.
Prepare vanilla pudding and place in the refrigerator to set. Without
children around spoon pudding into cup and put in a drop of green
food coloring.
Add more pudding to the top carefully. Place the cups with spoons at
tables. Give children the instructions to not start until everyone
has sat and together said the magic words. Use a St. Patrick's day
word and instruct children to stir to make the magic happen. The
children will stir and stir and enjoy their treat.
Green Magic Pudding
For each child place 1 tablespoon instant pistachio pudding mix in a
baggie or baby food jar. Add 2 tablespoons cold milk and watch as the
contents turn to green.
Seal the baggies (or lids on jars) and have the children shake them
for about a minute. Then let the children eat their pudding snacks
with spoons.
Irish Soda Bread
Make Irish Soda Bread. In a large bowl mix together 2 cups sifted
flour, 3 teaspoons baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Use fingers to blend in 1/4 cup butter or margarine. Stir in 1 cup
milk and add 1/2 cup raisins.
Knead the dough briefly, then shape into a flat loaf and place in a
greased pie tin. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Cut into
wedges and serve warm with butter.
*Other Sites
Customs
and Traditions of St. Patrick's Day
Make
an Irish Crown
The points of the crown are shamrocks.
A
Leprechaun and Hedgie (Jan Brett color page)
Saint
Patrick's Day Rainbow (Jan Brett color page)
Hedgehog
Leprechaun (Jan Brett color page)
Leprechaun with Flute color page
Girl and Leprechaun color page
St Patrick Day color pages
Color
a Rainbow (Pre-school & K worksheet)
Help
the Leprechaun count find the correct coins. (worksheet)
St. Patrick's Day Maze
Four-Leaf Clover Song
See also A to Z Kids Stuff All Around The World-Ireland.
*Spring
My
Spring Time Coloring Book from Bry-Back Manor.
Spring time color pages to print and color.
Color
by Number Flowers
Spring Pinwheels
See also A to Z Kids Stuff Gardens, Bugs, Butterfly, Rain,
Butterfly (schoolage)
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