St. Patrick’s Day Beginning Sounds Game for Preschoolers

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St. Patrick’s Day is coming and this St. Patrick’s Day Beginning Sounds Game is the perfect letter activity for that day. It is also a good resource to add to your St. Patrick’s Day theme.

This FREE literacy activity includes a spinner, a recording sheet, and 24 picture cards. It can be downloaded at the end of this post.

St. Patrick’s Beginning Sounds Game

The best way to teach the alphabet is by using fun hands-on activities, that keep children engaged and interested. These beginning sounds games are easy to use and will help preschoolers develop multiple skills such as concentration, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, one-to-one correspondence, and fine motor skills.

When to Use this Game

This St. Patrick’s Beginning Sounds Game can be used in many ways such as:

Small group activity.
Literacy center option.
Writing center activity.
Take-home activity.
Quiet area option.

Materials Needed

This easy-to-prep game just requires a handful of materials. These are:

St. Patrick’s Beginning Sounds Game (FREE at the end of this post).
Printer.
White cardstock.
Laminator.
Laminator pouches.
Scissors.

Optional: dry–erase markers, mini erasers, Bingo chips, or any other small manipulative.

How To Set It Up

This low-prep game is very easy to get ready for, with just a handful of steps.

Print the clip cards on white cardstock. Cut them apart and laminate them for multiple uses. Place them on a tray or basket with some clothing pins, and invite your preschoolers to join you to name some of the pictures and find the beginning sound letters.

I like to make several sets and place them in different centers, to entice the children and allow them to use this activity in different ways.

It is better to introduce the clip cards to your preschoolers and explain to them how to use the cards, then show the children how to use the cards.

You can even use the cards during circle time to review the names of the objects and animals that appear in each of them and review the letter names and sounds as well before you let them adventure on their own.

Extension Activities

To extend the activity you can:

Have the children trace or copy the letters.
Match each letter with plastic, wooden, or foam letters.
Find other words that start with the same sound.

St. Patrick’s Day Storybooks

It is always important to add some quality storybooks to enhance any preschool theme, and to read them to your students during circle time and/or storytime. Here are some of my favorites for your St. Patrick’s Day theme. You can find some at your local library, used book store, and on Amazon. These are some I like. If you want to add some to your collection, just click on the titles and my affiliate links will take you to the right page in seconds.

How to Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace. Start a St. Patrick’s Day tradition with this fun and lively children’s picture book and get inspired to build leprechaun traps of your own at home or in the classroom!

Ten Lucky Leprechauns by Kathryn Heling. Count from one to ten as one little leprechaun looking for treasure magically becomes ten silly leprechaun friends at the end of the rainbow.

The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day by Natasha Wing. It’s the night before St. Patrick’s Day, and Tim and Maureen are wide awake setting traps to catch a leprechaun! When they wake the next morning, they’re shocked to find that they’ve caught a leprechaun. But, will they find his pot of gold?

The Secret Life of the Leprechauns by Luna James. A fun and silly picture book that allows children to enter the life of the leprechauns.

The Berenstain Bears’ St. Patrick’s Day by Mike Berenstain. Join Papa, Mama, and the cubs as Gramps introduces them to some of the traditions most associated with the holiday, from gathering to enjoy a parade down Main Street to leprechauns and pots of gold.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! by Lucille Colandro. It’s spring and the Old Lady is swallowing a clover, a butterfly, a daisy, and more! Herald spring with this joyful story, full of bouncy rhymes and bright art!

Pin It for Later

If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin it to one of your St. Patrick’s Day or Literacy Pinterest boards for later.

Then check my other FREE St. Patrick’s Day activities, to add them to your collection. They can be found at the end of this post.

I hope you enjoy this St. Patrick’s Beginning Sound Game and help you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your preschoolers. Don’t forget to grab your FREE pack, by clicking on the link below.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

Love,

P.D. Please let me know if you like this game, or if you think I need to add or replace something. My goal is to help you in any way I can and I don’t like anything better than to post something that you might find useful. Also, if you came up with different ideas and want to share them, I will love to post them as well.