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Cute Puzzle Sheets for St. Patrick’s Day

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st. patricks day printables

Even though I’m not a teacher, I like to keep themed printables around for when we need a little activity to fill time or to do in the car.

These printable St. Patrick’s Day activity sheets from the Best Vinyl Cutters look like some good options for the classroom and beyond.

There’s a word search (actually two, and one doesn’t include the words you need to find for an extra challenge), crossword puzzle, dot puzzles and mazes.

There’s also a set of downloadable stickers on the same page, though it should be noted Patrick is spelled wrong on one of the stickers (at least in the image).

[Photo: the Best Vinyl Cutters.]

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  2. It worked for me when I clicked on the picture in her post that says click on the picture to download. It’s a PDF that should open automatically.

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Learning about Snow

Not all of us live where there is a lot of snow in the winter (or even where it is winter as I write this, but it can still be fun to learn about snow, what it is and why it falls, so let’s get into it!

First, let’s talk snowflake science with The Homeschool Scientist. They have a free prinatble snowflake science less that’s more than 60 pages long and good for multiple grade levels. The blog post linked here includes some fun snow facts, information about how snowflakes form and why they are both six-sided and (probably) all different.

Expressive Monkey has a great post about how snowflakes are formed and why they have six arms, and also shows some of the pictures taken by W. A. Bentley in the 1920s (more on him below).

You can also grab a free snow facts worksheet with space for kids to draw their own unique snowflakes from Education.com. Simple Living Creative Learning also has a paid snow study resource set that includes things like different types of snowflakes, the snow cycle, symmetry drawing with snowflakes, tips for snow safety, snow-related vocabulary and more.

Homeschool Superfreak has another great page for learning about snowflakes, which includes information about Snowflake Bentley, a great book to read (and person to learn about). It includes lesson plan ideas and links to activities.

Speaking of activities, if you happen to have snow around you can make snow ice cream or maple candy, paint on snow or with snow, or do some snow science experiments. If you get a ton of snow you could maybe even build an igloo or snow structure.

If you don’t get snow you can learn about how animals keep warm in the snow and cold temperatures with this experiment from I Can Teach My Child. Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls can help you learn why big paws (or snowshoes) make it easier to walk in the snow. Or make a snowstorm in a jar like this one from MomBrite.

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