St. Patrick’s Day Movement Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

I’m sharing some of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day movement activities for preschool and kindergarten.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY MOVE AND FREEZE DANCE

Let’s exercise, take a brain break and move to music with this St. Patrick’s Day Move and Freeze Activity.
How will you FREEZE?
How will you MOVE?
Follow along with the actions to get in some exercise today!
St. Patrick’s Day music, P.E. Kindergarten and Preschool activities.

2 THE LEPRECHAUN BEAT ACTION SONG

St. Patrick’s Day Brain Break Leprechaun Dance St. Patrick’s Day Kids Song Sing Play Create St. Patrick’s Day brain break “The Leprechaun Beat” is a fun St. Patrick’s Day song and dance by Sandra at Sing Play Create. This brain break activity and dance is perfect for your St. Patrick Day activities.

Do this St. Patrick’s Day dance activity at home or in your classroom. Easy to learn the actions. “The Leprechaun Beat” is a fun movement activity for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in any classroom. The actions give students a short gross motor workout too!

3 ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACTION SONG “UNDERNEATH THE RAINBOW”

4 ST. PATRICK’S DAY SCARF MOVEMENT ACTIVITY

St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Friends Scarf Activity for movement time.
Leprechaun Scarf dance for preschool.
Leprechaun friends Scarf movement activity for all children.
Leprechaun friends are ready are waving and swooshing their scarves around to help students move, burn energy, stay focused and get some exercise in during your classes this Winter.
Help students learn high/low, fast/slow, and strengthen directional word concepts.
Indoor recess? This winter scarf dance and brain break can help!
Move with the St. Patrick’s Day leprechaun friends in this scarf movement activity for fun learning time.
You’ll want to use this activity in your Preschool and Kindergarten Music, P.E. and regular classes for a scarf activity, brain break or creative movement time.

5 ST. PATRICK’S DAY SCARF SONG “UNDERNEATH THE RAINBOW”

St. Patrick’s Day Scarf Activity and action song “The Leprechaun is Hiding Underneath the Rainbow” is a fun St. Patrick’s Day scarf activity by Sandra at Sing Play Create.

6 ST. PATRICK’S DAY MOVE TO THE ABC’S

ABC Song. St. Patrick’s Day alphabet dance. Learn the alphabet. ABC letters. Learn the alphabet with this fun animal ABC video! Let’s learn our A B C’s with Animal friends! Have your students echo the ABC song letters as they dance to the music. Use this St. Patrick’s Day ABCD alphabet song as a transition activity from recess time back into the classroom.

Have your students move and say the letters. Moving and saying the letters is a great way to enhance literacy skills, letter recognition, memorization, phonetic awareness as well as a fun way to give your students a brain break. By Sandra at Sing Play Create.

7 ST. PATRICK’S DAY MOVE AND COUNT 1-30

Teachers! You can have your students move and count this St. Patrick’s Day 1 to 30 and move at the same time. Have them dance and move to the music and count to 30 as you watch the video. They can call out the number with the narrated voice together or echo the number.
Cutie animals can help your students learn numbers 1-30.
Need a transition activity? A Brain Break? Animals counting and moving activity is perfect for those 1-3 minutes you need to get students out of winter clothes, or come in from recess and lunchtime!

8 ST. PATRICK’S DAY RHYTHM STICK ACTIVITY

St. Patrick’s Day music activity. Fun rhythm stick play along for St. Patrick’s Day. Or, use the St. Paddy’s song as a movement activity. It’s a Free Rhythm stick activity for elementary music classes, music and movement and PE classes. “Celtic Skipping Song” rhythm stick routine, music, video, online or in class activity with worksheet for students to create their own patterns.

Play the beat, Create patterns, Teach Form with this traditional Irish song by Sandra Hendrickson.

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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT RESOURCES

Here are some fun St. Patrick’s music and movement activities to compliment your music lessons.

March Elementary Music Lesson Bundle of Music Activities K-6 TPT STORE LINK

March Elementary Music Lesson Bundle of Music Activities K-6 WEB SHOP LINK

St. Patrick’s Day PreK-2 Movement Activity Bundle : Scarf, Freeze Dance & Action Songs TPT LINK

St. Patrick’s Day PreK-2 Movement Activity Bundle : Scarf, Freeze Dance & Action Songs WEB SHOP LINK

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I’m sharing some of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day movement activities for Prek-2nd Grade. Freeze dance, scarf dance and action songs.