Winter Olympics
Sending people down the luge
For the last two weeks we have been learning about the Olympics. We showed the children videos of all of the different sports. We also showed them the medals and how each Olympics have a different design on their medal. The children then created their own gold, silver and bronze medals. Some children even brought in medals from home to share. We have enjoyed this experience and are seeing it connect to other things we are doing in the classroom. The most popular sport was definitely bobsledding. We will continue to explore the idea of building a bobsled as it develops through the children's play.
We froze people in ice then send them down an old gutter. The children loved seeing how fast the people moved.
Building a Bobsled
The children have been very excited about bobsledding. They used the large blocks to make a big enough bobsled for everyone to fit in. They would watch the video and say, "Ahhhhhhh" as the bobsled went down the ice. They also moved their bodies like the people in the sled
Ice Hockey
To explore the idea of ice hockey, the children build goals out of blocks and used tubes as their sticks. They worked together with their team to score the ball into the goal. Hannah was the goalie for the one side and she guarded the goal. The other children moved the ball with the stick trying to score.
Curling
To get the children thinking about curling, we made a target on the floor just like they do for the sport. The children threw bean bags on the target. They then used number sentences to add up their point to see who got the highest score.
Skiing
This was one of the favorites for our class. We showed the kids a video of downhill skiing. They then used the flat blocks as their skis and tubes as their poles. They glided around the block area and moved their bodies like the athletes on the mountain.
