Fun Homeschool Games for St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day homeschool games are easy ways to celebrate the holiday. Interchangeably the ability to have fun and learn at the same time is a double plus. Since my boys’ have been young we have held many homeschool games. When St. Patrick’s Day fell on the weekend we did fun things like leprechaun hunts, scavenger hunts and many other fun ways to celebrate.

When this fun holiday falls on a weekday we celebrate with homeschool games. Relatable games that teach and apply to each homeschool subject reinforces the learning for homeschoolers. when we have time I always try to implement a game or review time for our week, month or year. Tossing out m& m’s make the challenge of getting the answer correct a little bit more intriguing. Here are a few ways to have fun with the leprechauns’.

Homeschool Games for Math

Gold coin toss is one of the homeschool games we played when my children were little. We still play this game just to keep our hand and eye coordination in tact. First, have one of the kids set up a 10×10 grid on sidewalk. If this game is indoors an old white shower curtain from Dollar Tree will do. Make a number chart from 1-20. 1-10, or whatever numbers you want to use.

How to play: one child gets 5 coins to toss. After they toss the coins they get to add up their points. Not only does this help their addition skills, but it builds their ability to keep score. I have all of my boys’ keep track of their own stuff so this teaches them accountability in the game. Now that my kids are older we do go to 100 points, but when they were younger I made the challenge more achievable like 20, 50 or 10. Feel free to adjust the numbers to work with your children.

Guess the pot of gold is like the guess how many marbles are in the jar. Fill up a plastic black cauldron with some gold coins. Count the coins before they go in the pot (I totally forgot to do this one year). Then, have them write their guesses on a piece of paper. The one who is closest is the winner. I always found some kind of St. Patrick’s Day treat for the winner. One year I offered up a box of lucky charms.

Bring in the Science Fun

The next learning opportunity is science. For this subject we have a scavenger hunt. Finding a four leaf clover. Then researching four leaf clovers, drawing a four leaf clover, and finally inspecting it with a magnifying glass. Another fun learning session is rainbow. When do they show up, what colors are in the rainbow and painting a rainbow. We added another part of the rainbow and that is how it show’s God promise.

In addition to the scavenger hunt, make a St. Patrick’s Day Terrarium. Add in some green plants, rocks, decorations and this will end up being a fun memory the kids can take care of until the next St. Patrick’s Day. Aloe Vera and Cactus plants are good science projects. These plants are hard to kill and growing them is easy.

Luckiest Leprechaun History Bean Bag Toss

Never have I Ever is a fun game to plan. Luckiest Leprechaun is about the same as Never Have I Ever, but with a history twist. Using historical facts that relate to St. Patrick’s Day ask the players questions. They respond by raising their fingers to the questions. Whoever gets to ten fingers first wins.

Spelling Challenge with a Word

Last but not least is a spelling challenge. Homeschool games would not be complete if we left to spelling. This game is very simple. Write the word SHAMROCK on a chalkboard, dry erase board, poster or large piece of paper. Allow the children 2 minutes to make as many words as they can from SHAMROCK. It is great fun, and the race will be on.

Over the years’ I have used words like this that relate to the holiday. This is a game that I use right before we are going to eat a snack for the homeschool party that I plan. One part of this game allows the children to quiet down a bit and get relaxed as we move into another part of the day.

My greatest hope is that some of these game ideas will spur creativity in your homeschool to create wonderful memories such as ours. Take lots of pictures, journal and enjoy. The time goes fast and the graduate before you know it.