Bring some luck to your classroom and speech therapy room with these fun St Patrick’s Day activities. This holiday of the Irish is a fun time to work on new vocabulary, figurative language, comprehension, and more. Read on to find some great activities.
St Patrick’s Day Downloadable Activities
In this St Patrick’s Day Idioms Freebie find 12 St Patrick’s Day-themed expressions and an answer key. He was fit as a fiddle! She has a heart of gold. He has a green thumb.
This versatile St Patrick’s Day Build a Leprechaun game is fun for individual students and small groups. Use as a simple game activity or as a motivational supplement to practice and instruction in small groups.
Print, laminate and cut these rhyming cards to prepare a fun St Patrick’s Day-themed phonological awareness activity.
More downloadable activities:
St Patrick’s Day No-Prep Speech Therapy Activities by Jenn Alcorn.
Ultimate Thematic Unit for Speech Therapy: St Patrick’s Day Theme by The Type B SLP
St Patrick’s Day Language Activities for Push-In Therapy by The Dabbling Speechie
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover Read Aloud Book Companion by Kathy Babineau
St Patrick’s Day Coloring Pages by Krista Wallden – Creative Clips
Bingo Riddles Game Speech and Language Therapy Activity by Speech Sprouts
St Patricks Day Speech Therapy Activities for Middle School Students by The Pedi Speechie
Vocabulary words and expressions: Do your students know these words?
Ireland, Blarney Stone, jig, leprechaun, pot of gold, Top of the Mornin!, fiddle, holiday, shamrock, limerick, bagpipe, clover, rainbow, legend, tradition, coins, harp
Favorite St Patrick’s Day read-aloud books:
How to Catch a Leprechaun
St Patrick’s Day by Gail Gibbons
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover
Jamie O’Rourke and The Big Potato
Ten Lucky Leprechauns
Planning for some Easter activities too? Check out this blog post.