Things to talk about while coloring
A shamrock is a young three-leaf clover and a well-known symbol of Ireland. St. Patrick's Day is on March 17, and many people wear green or a shamrock pin to celebrate. On your next walk, look for clover in the grass and count the leaves on a few plants together.
Coloring ideas
Use several shades of green, making the big shamrock the darkest and the small ones around it lighter. Older kids can draw vein lines inside each leaf and color them a deeper green, or fill the background with a simple stripe pattern.
A little learning
Counting three leaves on every shamrock, then counting the shamrocks themselves, gives kids lots of practice with the number three and the number four. Shamrock starts with the SH sound, the quiet sound we make to ask for hush.
