St.
Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17. Many people think the holiday is about
green beer, shamrocks and leprechauns. But that's just commercial hype. The
real Saint Patrick was a Catholic Roman Britain taken as a slave by Irish
raiders. Patrick later returned as a missionary to convert Druidic Ireland.
Here are St. Patrick's Day lesson plans, crafts and activities to explore the
saint behind the legend and the religious beyond the secular.
Read
the story of Saint Patrick on Incredible Art. Then scroll down for free printable St. Patrick's Day activities. Some are secular. Homegrown Catholics is a
blog with religious Saint Patrick
printables. Lesson Plans Page
has free printable lesson
plans on Saint Patrick and Irish heritage activities. Catholic Icing is
a blog with all Christian St.
Patrick's Day activities to print. Catholic Mom hasSaint Patrick lesson plans that are religious.
Now
for the secular stuff. Coloring has loads of printable Saint Patrick's Day coloring pages. DL-TK has many printable St. Patrick's Day games, puzzles, dot to dot, crossword and crafts. ABC
Teach has free printable math
and reading and writing lesson plansbased on Saint Patrick's Day.
A-Z
Teacher Stuff has some Catholic Christian
Saint Patrick activities and some secular ones with leprechauns, etc. Education
has free printable St.
Patrick's Day lesson plans. They're secular but at least educational--with shamrock
math, etc. First-School has mostly secular St. Patrick's Day printables, but a few religious activities.
