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DLTK's Educational Activities
March Special Days Bulletin Board Project

	Thanks to Irene from Sharon Community School for sending in this photo and idea:  I am sending you a picture of my March board using your lion and lamb. Everyone just loved it. It actually made our local paper.
As you can see, Irene did an overall collage of March, including the Lion and Lamb, Saint Patrick's Day, Spring and Easter.

The Layout:  

The Theme:

Includes March Special Days themes - the layout shows the preK through Kindergarten options.  The Directions and Links give alternatives for Grades 1 and 2 and for Sunday School.

• In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb  (general DLTK's section for this event)
• Saint Patrick's Day - March 17th   (general DLTK's section for this event)
• Spring - March 20th or 21st   (general DLTK's section for this event)
• You could include Easter, but it typically falls in April.   (general DLTK's section for this event)
• Click here for more special days in March

Directions and Links:

Printable version

Cover the bottom 2/3's of the bulletin board with one color (blue in our illustration) and the top 1/3 with either green or white.

Print the March title template (March Lion or Lamb, Which will it be?  or in B&W)  Tape to a piece of red construction paper or card stock to create a border (or use another complimentary color).  Tape this title to the center of the board.

Read through the In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb activities.  Create the Lion and Lamb crafts and pin them on either side of the title page.  Print the graphing project and tape it under the title.  At the beginning of the month, do the In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb discussion activities with the children (see link above).  Each day, have a student (the helping hand, birthday student, etc) mark off whether the day was a lion day or a lamb day.  The Lion/Lamb activities and weather discussion should take up the first week or two of March.

Saint Patrick's Day celebrations should take up the next week or so.  

Color in a Saint Patrick's Day coloring page and tape it to the center/top of the bulletin board.

Complete some of the Saint Patrick's Day craft projects:

PreK thru Kindergarten 

• Easy leprechaun paper craft  (shown in the layout illustration)
• Handprint Rainbow craft  (shown in the layout illustration)
• Pot of Gold craft  (shown in the layout illustration)

Grades 1 and 2 

• Leprechaun paper craft  in place of the easy leprechaun
• Fractions practice rainbow craft  in place of the handprint rainbow
• Pot of Gold craft  (shown in the layout illustration)
  -label the 'gold' as you would coins:  penny, nickel, dime, quarter, etc
  -write a $ amount on the pot
  -have the children glue the correct amount of coins to the pot to equal the $ label
  -you may wish to do this as a group activity

Sunday School Alternatives

• Use the St. Patrick's Day angel in place of the leprechaun
• Handprint Rainbow craft  -- include the handprint dove under the rainbow 
• Use the Shamrock craft in place of the pot of gold
  - label the lobes of the shamrock:  Father, Son, Holy Spirit
  -(Read the second paragraph of the article about St. Patrick's Day)

During the last 10 days of the month, celebrate Spring with the children.

Color in some of the Spring coloring pages and tape them to the bottom left and bottom right of the bulletin board.

Complete one or two of the Spring craft projects

PreK thru Kindergarten

• Muffin Flower paper craft  (Bottom left of layout)

Grades 1 and 2

• Learn About Plants paper craft  (instead of the muffin flower)

Sunday School Alternatives

• Angels of Spring paper craft  (instead of the muffin flower)