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  • 1.  End of the year event school wide ages 6wks to 5 years

    Posted 10 days ago

    Hello every year my work puts on of the year event for the whole school. The theme this year is olympics. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for me and my coworker to do for our station. 



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    Joy McVicker
    MI
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  • 2.  RE: End of the year event school wide ages 6wks to 5 years

    Posted 9 days ago

    I'm not sure how much space you have, but perhaps you can set up a simple "obstacle course" which can include a variety of "Olympic" events (i.e., toss something safe, balance something, jump over a "hurdle", shoot/hit a ball, etc.).  It can be as long/short as you want.  Depending on the age of the child, they can either attempt each station on their own or with the help of a parent.  



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    Gina James
    Teacher
    NYCDOE
    NY
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  • 3.  RE: End of the year event school wide ages 6wks to 5 years

    Posted 9 days ago

    Wow that's a wide range of ages there with the 6 week olds.  I like Gina's suggestion of an obstacle course.  Keep it simple.  That will be best for the kiddos and you.



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    Jamie Radley
    Passionate ECE Professional
    San Leandro, CA
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  • 4.  RE: End of the year event school wide ages 6wks to 5 years

    Posted 8 days ago

    Olympics to me screams gross motor type activities and collaborative work. Not sure how much space you have but here are some ideas that come to mind that could work for various ages:

    1. Ball pit
    2. Bear blocks (carpeted blocks) and or vinyl mats of different sizes set up for climbing/crawling for the littles
    3. Jumping pad so children can jump off blocks or mats onto the pad.
    4. Using chalk, map out a "race track" around your facility. Doesn't have to be long. Can create signs along they way that mark the path and the children who are able to participate can create their own bibs and run the race on the day of the event. Racing can be running, on trikes or scooters, or horse sticks
    5. Bubbles: large bubble wands and bins of soapy water for the children to try or a bubble machine
    6. Tire pull: if you can get your hands on a tire or some other kind of heavy object and attach a long rope to it, then children can work together to do some pulling
    7. Heavy lifting activity: Wagons/carts can be filled with different sized sandbags and children can help load the wagons and others can work on transporting the filled wagons to a certain location and emptying them. 
    8. Use different tubes like PVC pipe to create ball drops (use balls of different sizes) and include basket ball hoops or crates for tossing games with balls
    9. For infants and young toddlers you can have: 
      1. sensory baskets with materials for exploration that are Olympics themed like: links/rings with the Olympic colors, shuttlecocks and tennis balls, jersey fabric pieces, etc
      2. If you have small trees outside or somewhere indoors where you are able to attach fishing line (like the metal ceiling grids for holding those acoustic ceiling tiles) then you can hang those clear plastic beach balls that have glitter inside, or crinkly iridescent cello film etc for babies to swat and bat at
      3. Riding toys like rodys or trikes or y-bikes or rocking horse
    10. play some music! 

    Hope you have a successful event and great turnout!



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    Kristian Shaw
    Program Coordinator
    Western Avenue Children's Center
    MA
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