Leprechaun Movement Activity

Need a fun movement activity for St. Patrick's Day? Let your little ones pretend to be a leprechaun to this fun rhyming poem.

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Turn around. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Touch the ground. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Stand on your toes. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Touch your nose. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Hands in the air. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Hands on your hair. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Arms out wide. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Sit and hide. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Give a clap. 

Leprechaun, Leprechaun 

Hands in your lap. 

• Start the poem by standing up. 
• Follow the directions in the poem. 
• On sit and hide, have the children sit in criss-crossed or learning position and cover their heads pretending not to get caught being a leprechaun. 
• Finish the poem by having them put their hands in their lap. 

 This works perfectly because it gives them movement opportunities and ends with them in learning position. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Have fun working with rhyming words while having a brain break too.

Would you like a printable version of this poem?  Click HERE for your FREE printable.

This adorable clipart is by Krista Walden from Creative Clips.

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Math and Science Fun with Balance Scales

Is is a math center?  Is it a science center? It's both!  Make this fun DIY balance scale for your classroom.  It's so easy to make that all of your students can have their own balance scale.

Materials Needed

• 1 extra long popsicle stick (Michaels or Hobby Lobby)
• 2 binder clips
• 1 pipe cleaner
• 1 Biggie Bead
• 1 clothespin
• 1 mini rubber band
• optional (4 black magnetic discs)

Directions

• Slide Biggie Bead onto the pipe cleaner.
• Place it in the middle of the pipe cleaner.
• Slide the mini rubber band onto the long popsicle stick and place in the middle.
• Wrap the pipe cleaner around both ends as seen in picture below.
• Place binder clips over both ends of the pipe cleaner to secure.
• Place clothespin on Biggie Bead.
• Discuss with students how to make their scale balance (hang equal) by keeping the bead/clothespin over the rubber band.
• Use suggested objects below to weigh.

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Place a round magnetic black disc (see link below) on front and back of binder clips.  Have your students compare sighing paperclips and magnetic discs. Give your students play dough and let them create different shapes to weigh.  Use linking chains, plastic spoons, crayons and other items to weigh too.

Want to Do More?

Recycle Starbucks lids or small cups and use to weigh other objects.

1.  Hole punch lids in four different places.
2.  Attach pipe cleaner through one hole and string through binder clip
3.  Attach the pipe cleaner in the opposite hole and secure.
4.  Repeat steps with 2nd pipe cleaner.
5.  Follow the same directions for the other side of the scale.

Let the weighing fun begin!  

Can you think of other objects to weigh?  Leave your ideas in the comments section.

Next Generation Science Standards:

• Structure and Function - The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function.
• Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent a proposed object or tool. 

Math Standards:

• Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight.  
• Directly compare two objects with a measure attribute in common, to see which objects has "more of"/"less of" the attribute.  For example, which objects weighs more.

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