Hummingbird Educational Resources

OLYMPICS

Literacy

Number flip books using olympic stickers	We had our own Olympics (it went with our Valentine party which was actually Heart Healthy Day). Here we are having a relay race. Hoping on one foot going in and out of chairs (like slalom skiing). We also played hockey using fly swatters and balled up paper and ice skated on paper plates.
Wearing our gold medals.
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Wish I Could Be In the Olympics (Sung to: Oscar Mayer Theme) Submitted by Wanetta Oh, I wish that I could be in the Olympics, I wish that I could run and have some fun. For if I could run in the Olympics, I'm sure that I'd be number one! Oh, I wish that I could be in the Olympics, I wish that I could swim and have some fun. For if I could swim in the Olympics, I'm sure that I'd be number one! Oh, I wish that I could be in the Olympics, I wish that I could throw and have some fun. For if I could throw in the Olympics, I'm sure that I'd be number one! Oh, I wish that I could be in the Olympics, I wish that I could jump and have some fun. For if I could jump in the Olympics, I'm sure that I'd be number one! See the Swimmers (Sung to: "We're Going to The Zoo") See the swimmers a swim, swim, swimming, Racing down the pool their swim, swim, swimming, Looking so cool as their swim, swim, swimming, So we'll go swimming too See the runners a run, run, running Racing down the track their run, run, running Looking so fast as their run, run running, So we'll go running too. Note: Add additional sports. Kookaburra Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Watching the Olympics on TV. Cheer, kookaburra cheer, Kookaburra cheers on the "Your Country" team. Olympic Symbol What You Need: Paper Paint What You Do: Show your children pictures of the Olympic Rings. Have them paint their own Olympic Symbol using the colors of the ring (red, green, black, blue, and yellow) *Idea:* To make Olympic rings let your children dip sink plungers (or toilet paper rolls) into paint and put on paper. Submitted by Mrs. Vickie Olympic Flags What You Need: Construction Paper Glue Paper Scraps or Paint What You Do: Discuss with children about the opening ceremony and how the athletes from each country carry in their flag. Show pictures of flags from other countries. Discuss how all the flags are displayed at the arena during the entire Olympics. Then have your children make flags to display in your classroom during the olympics Olympic Torches What You need: Toilet Paper Rolls Tissue Paper (Red, orange, and yellow) Paint Glue What You Do: Show your children pictures of the Olympic torch. Then supply your children with the materials and let them create their own torch. Hand Torch What You Need: Paint Paper What You Do: Have your children paint a torch handle on their paper. Then have them make flames using red, orange, and yellow handprints. 3D Torch What You Need: Paper Tissue Paper (Red, Orange, and Yellow) Glue Shredded Paper What You Do: Pre-draw a torch on a piece of paper. Put a second piece of paper behind it and staple around the torch drawing. Have your children cut around the torch leaving the staples in place. Have them stuff the torch with shredded paper (close up to prevent spillage) and add tissue paper flames. Paper Plate Rings What You Need: Small Paper Plates Paint What You Do: Cut out the center of the paper plates. Then give each of your children five. Have them paint the plates in the colors of the Olympic Rings (red, green, black, yellow, blue) Then you can attach them to create the Olympic Rings. *Basketball Toss:* Have your children toss a basketball into a small trash can or basket. *Hammer Throw:* Take a tube sock and put a small ball (tennis ball, racquetball, etc) have your children sling it above their head and let it go. See who can sling the ball the farthest. *Discuss:* Have your children throw paper plates as discuss *Javelin:* Throw straws and see who can throw them the farthest. *Obstacle Course:* Set up an obstacle course Having your children crawl under, through, and over obstacles. *Tennis:* Have your children play with flyswatters and balloons *Volleyball:* Have children stand on both sides of a net and throw a ball over the net. *Hockey:* Have your children play with flyswatters and balloons *Shot Put:* Have your children throw tennis balls, or softballs like a shot put. *Relay Races:* Have your children run a set distance and hand off a rolled up piece of paper to another student. HISTORY: The Olympic Motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius. Which means "Swifter, Higher, stronger." This motto is used with the Olympic Symbol the five coloured rings. The rings are interlocked to represent the sporting friendship of people from all over the world. The five colors of the rings (black, blue, yellow, green, and red) were chosen because at least one of these colours appears in the flags of every nation of the world.

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