With St Patrick’s Day coming along soon, here is a lovely circle game to go with the popular song ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’. It’s perfect to fit in with a St Paddy’s/ Rainbow theme but as it’s such fun the children will probably want to play it at any other time of year too! Most […]
Leprechaun Songs for St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick’s Day heralds the arrival of spring – everything about it is so optimistic with colourful rainbows, pots of gold, mischievous fairies and a lot of emerald green! Here are two little Leprechaun Songs – perfect for celebrating St Patrick’s Day with kids. The Magic Leprechaun Song Who’s the little man in the su-it […]
Music For St Patrick’s Day
It won’t be long till St Patrick’s Day when the first signs of spring start to peep out cautiously. With all the excitement of Valentine’s out of the way, thoughts turn to the new month of March and all it promises. 2 Leprechaun Songs For St Patrick’s Day March heralds the arrival of spring. Everything […]
Celtic Songs for Kids for St Patrick’s Day
Celtic songs are a wonderful way to get kids up and moving to music . They are great for encouraging improvised Irish dancing, Ceilidh-ing or simply marching and skipping. The following songs are a few of the favourites that I have accumulated over the years which are guaranteed to get your kids wanting to jig. […]
Pot Of Gold Rhythm Activity for St Patrick’s Day
This Pot Of Gold Rhythm Activity is a great rhythm game for any St Patrick’s Day celebrations you may be planning. It makes a guessing game out of the rhythms taken from our other St Patrick’s Day songs, so click on the links below if you need to check on those. Michael Finnegan – visit this post to […]
Michael Finnegan – Song For St Patrick’s Day
Here’s a traditional Irish Folk Song in plenty of time for St Patrick’s Day! It’s a great song to teach semiquavers (1/16 notes) and it’s traditional to try to sing it faster and faster as the song progresses. It’s bit of a tongue twister too! This might seem a tall order for younger ones, but […]
Lesson Plan: St Patrick’s Day
Here’s a music lesson plan written specially to celebrate the customs and traditions of St Patrick’s Day. Older children will love this magical theme with the Rainbow Circle Game and Pot Of Gold Rhythm activity, while younger ones love the little leprechaun puppet and the jolly Celtic jigs! (This post contains affiliate links) This St […]