Summer Olympics
Crafts
*make barbells with paper towel tubes
and paper plates
*make sweat bands
*make medals
*sport's collage
*make sport diarama's
*stamp the Olympic rings
*make the torch using a cone shape and tissue paper for the flame
*decorate flags
*design a mascot for the team
Science
*muscle groups
*body chart
Block Area
*add mats to block area
Dramatic Play
*add exercise clothes
*make a gym or workout room
Circle Time
Songs:
*Barney's Exercise Song
*Morning Stretch
*Bend and Stretch
*One finger, One thumb keep moving
*National Anthems
*My Swimming Pool
Stories:
*Facing a Challenge
*Little Frog learns to Swim
Games:
*indoor races
*dance & exercise to music
Water & Sand Play
*add boats and people for swimming/rowing
Outdoor Play
*exercise class
*different types of races
Field Trips / Special Days
*have an Olympics by setting up various sports areas such as: long jump, standing broad jump, dashes, relay races, basketball
toss, discus throw using a frisbee, and water races.
Songs
Bend and Stretch
Bend and stretch
Reach for the sky
Bend and stretch
Stretching so high!
Swimming, Swimming
Swimming, swimming in my swimming pool
When days are hot, when days are cold
In my swimming pool
Breast stroke, side stroke
Fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish you never had anything else to do
But...
repeat song using actions for first line, then repeat using actions for first two lines, etc until the whole
song is done through actions only
Actions:
Swimming, swimming in my swimming pool (move arms as if doing the front crawl)
When days are hot (wipe forehead), when days are cold (hug self and shiver)
In my swimming pool (make a rectangle shape with hands)
Breast stroke (move arms as if doing the breast stroke), side stroke (move arms as if doing the side stroke)
Fancy diving too (put arms in front and pretend to dive)
Oh don't you wish you never had anything else to do! (said loudly and the "But" is omitted on the last verse)
Printouts
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