Olympic Games

Since the Olympics are going on right now, I thought is would be a lot of fun to have an Olympic Day for preschool today. We talked about all the different events they have in the Summer Olympics. (Well not all of them, but a lot) and we talked about how there are Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals. I also shared that my favorite part about watching the olympics is when someone from America wins the GOld Medal. I love listening to the Star Spangled Banner and watching the American flag rise.

We headed outside to do some of our activities. For the hammer throw I just got a brown paper bag and filled it with garbage sacks and then tied a string on it. The kids had to spin 3 times and then throw it to see how far they could get it. 

Thank you Miss Lindsey for having your phone today to take pictures when my camera died:) You are the best! 

We did the Javelin Throw as well. I taped 4 straws together and they got 3 tries to try and get their javelin in the basket. 

We also did sprints to see who was the fastest runner and one little guy wanted to see who could jump the highest. 

At the end we played parachute with blankets and had some drinks and snacks. 

Everyone was a winner and got a gold medal! 

Pirate Day

ARRR!!! It was pirate day today and we had a great time!

We read some books about pirates: I love that these books come with a CD because they do a much better job sounding like a real pirate.

Every pirate has a pet parrot so we made some parrots and put on our pirate hats and eye patches. 

And finally some pirates left us a treasure map that had a picture of a tub on it? 

We found other picture clues that took  us to different parts of our preschool room and finally outside where the pirates left us a treasure chest full of chocolate gold and smarties! These were definitely some nice pirates! 

Wack-a-Doo Wednesdays

Well at request I started a summer class. :) It has been really fun so far but goes by so quickly! I am also  so lucky to have a good friend of mine, Miss Lyndsey helping me out this summer. She is so great with the kids! Our first class we talked about friendship and the kids had a great time making friendship bracelets. This week we made cards for our dads for Father's Day. The kids loved making them and were so excited about the "Pop Rocks" they got to put in the pocket. I have been terrible at taking pictures the last couple times because it has been so busy each class time. I will try to do better though. Thanks for letting me teach your adorable kids. They are so much fun and make my day!