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How to Catch a Leprechaun

Araceli Peralta

K - 5th

Ambassador: Bri Livingood

Students will need:

  • Rollers
  • Bowling pins
  • Hula hoops
  • Mats
  • Various balls
  • Nets
  • Cones
  • Laundry baskets

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Videos:

Backyard Obstacle course

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30 Minutes of Dominos Falling

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Push and Pull song

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Resources:

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How to Catch a Leprechaun will inspire children to get creative and build the best "leprechaun traps" they can invent. A leprechaun taunts listeners, saying that the traps set out by other children aren't clever enough to catch him or his pot of gold. Since the leprechaun can't be caught, he wreaks havoc on the house, dyes the toilets green, and commits other mischievous pranks. (From Amazon)

This Fitness lesson will help instructors not only help educators increase their students’ physical activity and agility, but also introduce students to the process of designing and creating obstacle courses. They will also be introduced to the concept of chain reactions.

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How to Catch a Leprechaun

Let’s Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!

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Let’s get to work!

  1. Gather your materials.
  2. Sketch out your obstacle course to catch a leprechaun.

How are you using push and pull in your course?

  • See Coach and get approval to move on to the building phase.
  • Start building your course.
  • Make sure you identify the use of push and pull throughout your course.
  • Be ready to share with the class what you’ve created and how it will catch a leprechaun.
  • Let’s CELEBRATE everyone’s work!

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How are we going to catch this Leprechaun?

Get together in your groups and start BRAINSTORMING!

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What is a Leprechaun?

A leprechaun is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy. They are usually depicted as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who partake in mischief.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun

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The History of St. Patrick's Day