Whenever St Patrick’s Day rolls around, or March for that matter – I break out the colors! Ready for some non-boring rainbow printables for preschoolers?
St Patrick’s Day is such a great time to celebrate rainbows!
Worksheets get a bad rep for being just that – boring old worksheets that students will just use and toss. What about hands-on cut and paste / interactive worksheets?
Why are worksheets important?
Well, if we think back to our time in school when we were young, there was a time that’s all we used in the classroom. But worksheets now have come a long way! There are super talented teacher authors leading the way creating hands on and interactive worksheets for practically any skill or subject. Just do a quick search on TPT and you will see my point!
More St Patricks Day Worksheets for kids you may like:
- Make a Ten St. Patrick’s Day Freebie
- CVC Spin & Color St. Patrick’s Day Freebie
- St Patrick’s Day Interactive Sentence “Mystery Picture” Booklets
Some may find it boring, but after a few tries, they will get the hang of it and want more worksheets to feel a sense of accomplishment.When we train our kids with a different set or variety of activities in the classroom, they become more resilient learners.
Rainbow Printables for Preschool
Well I just did the hard work for you, below I will list 10 of the best non-boring rainbow themed printables.
Don’t forget to get your hands on CVC rhyming worksheets that you could add to your kindergarten lesson prep this March too, these rhyming activities will be a hit with your learners!
Some are St Patrick’s Day themed which makes them even more fun for this time of the year!
I don’t think we could ever get sick of seeing rainbows in the classroom! Do you?
Here are some of my favorite rainbow materials to use in the classroom (with any activity):
- Rainbow Dry Erase Markers
- Rainbow Playdough Bundle
- Carson Delossa Rainbow Cutouts (use these for name tags / sight words and many more options).
- Rainbow Classroom Bulletin Board “We are a Class of Possibilities”.
The first one I’d like to feature is a rainbow ten frame counting set printable from this blog! Have you seen it? You could easily differentiate this activity by choosing numbers to 10 with preschoolers and numbers to 20 with kindergarten kids. Grab your free Rainbow Counting Center Printables here.
Have you picked up your FREE name writing rainbow themed template? This is one template I like to use each year, and the theme works not only for March but YEAR round. This rainbow themed name writing printable is super simple to set up. Add some sticky notes, crayons or dry erase markers to rainbow write the letters and you’re good to go!
Rainbow Worksheets for Kids
Looking for some super simple pre-writing templates? Are your kids still working on pencil grip and fine motor skills? Have them use these FREE chasing rainbows templates.
I know that sometimes finding specific rainbow writing worksheets are difficult.
I LOVE this FREE bundle of rainbow writing worksheets from Teach at Daycare.
She has each letter as an oversized image which you can use to add crafting materials and have the kids trace over it with the ‘rainbow’ colors.
Another cute rainbow drip painting idea here, perfect for arts and crafts!
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While we are on the epic of worksheets, you could totally make these worksheets sensory by exploring a number of materials like glitter, pom poms etc to fill in each letter. Grab these Alphabet Rainbow Writing Worksheets. Preschool-KDG Phonics and Literacy for free from Teach at Daycare.
St Patricks Day Sensory Bin Activities
Kids love sensory activities because they are so stimulating. From the smell of fresh-baked cookies to the feel of a soft blanket, these activities will help children learn about their world in new and more exciting ways.
Sensory activities for kids can be simple or elaborate, depending on your time and budget. A simple sensory activity can be set up like the example below:
Create a tactile experience by placing different textures on a tray or cookie sheet. Try adding items such as sandpaper, cotton balls, silk flowers, sequins, leaves and so on. Let your child explore these textures by touching them with their hands or feet!
Nikki over at Teaching Autism shares her wonderful sensory activities for St Patrick’s Day. Check them out by clicking on the image below! I personally love her crime scene activities which engage ALL the senses.
Check out this super cute Rainbow Alphabet Letter Recognition Game! Students will work on identifying upper and lowercase letters using this super versatile game. Grasb this free game from Classrooms and Clusters.
This dot painting activity is also a superb way to incorporate fine motor skills in the classroom! Grab a bunch of dot painting markers with these worksheets and you’re set!
This super clever busy book rainbow activity set will be a hit with your little learners. Setting up is also a breeze, check out how Our Playing Days Our Life did it. Just click on the Instagram post to see the details!
This set of FREE rainbow worksheets for St Patrick’s Day will also be a hit with your students! Include some colorful utensils for the kids to use along with these worksheets. School as a Cucumber is sharing these for FREE. Head to her post to see how you could download these!
I absolutely LOVE these healthy eating ‘eat the rainbow’ worksheets for kids! Have them complete them in addition to teaching the kids all about what it means to be healthy. Grab these printables from Living Life and Learning.
Looking for some more Rainbow Printables for Preschool and Kindergarten kids? These SUPER clever bloggers also round up fun printables you can use throughout this time of year! Click on each link or picture to go to the post.
More Free St Patrick Day Printables
Click on the blog hop image to go to the next post for some MORE St Patrick’s Day activities and ideas:
I love the Rainbow printables, but I don’t want to sign up for Instagram to get them