St. Patricks Day Science - Growing Shamrocks

Growing clover is a great spring time preschool botany experiment and it ties in nicely with St. Patrick’s Day. A shamrock is actually a variety of clover. Because it takes a few weeks for the clover to grow, you should start this experiment a few weeks before St. Patrick’s Day. 

How to plant seeds

How to take care of plants

That plants need soil, sunlight and water to grow.

That the four-leaf clover is very rare (that’s why it’s so lucky!)

 

Clover seed. Consider getting real clover (shamrock) seed. It’s called Shamrock or white clover. 

A pot

Dirt

Water

 

Step one: Fill your pot about three-quarters full of dirt. 

 

Step two: Have your preschooler sprinkle a little bit of the shamrock seed onto the soil. They should lightly cover the seeds with a little bit of soil

 

Step three: Place the pot in a shady spot until you see sprouts.

 

Step four: Once you see sprouts, move the shamrocks into a sunny patch. Shamrocks need the sun to grow effectively. 

 

Step five: Once your shamrocks are really growing, have preschoolers search for the elusive four-leaf clover.

 

Tie this exercise into St. Patrick’s Day with fun coloring and arts and crafts activities.