30 Ways The Olympics Can Inspire Your Children
The Olympics. I love it.
I love the idea of all nations coming together in the spirit of healthy competition. I love the stories of athletes overcoming adversity toย push themselves to succeed.
So itโs here.
And for the next 2 weeks itโll be everywhere..
Take it as inspiration and keep your little onesย occupied. Here are some ideasโฆ.
- Setย up a mini Olympics
- space hopperย
- forward rollsย
- throw a bean bag the furthest
- blindfold obstacle race
- water balloon through the legs and over the head
- walk backwards
- Design T shirts using fabric pensย
- Make medals using salt dough or card
- Design tickets to an event
- Design a logo
- Make Olympic torch using battery tea light and coloured tissue paper
- Make hoop game using Olympic rings cut out of cardboard plates and spice jars
- Google and print off Olympic colouring pages
- Make puppets to re-enact an event
- Cook dishes from around the world
- Make biscuits or cupcakes and decorate with flags or Olympic colours
- Find out the Latin Olympic motto
- Learn all the flags
- Learn the national anthems
- Find out how to say โhelloโ in all the languages of the Olympics
- Colour in a map showing all continents and participating countries
- Make a tableย and record and tally the medals won
- Learn the dates of all the past Olympics and where they were held
- Investigate the Olympic mascots
- Make a Union Jack using paint, collage, mosaic, printing
- Create a Fact File on an athlete or event
- Write and record a commentary to an event
- Write out the instructions how to participate in an event
- Write an acrostic poem โ write OLYMPICS down the side and each line starts with one of the letters
- Make an Olympic wordsearch
- Make up an Olympic crosswordย
- Make up and perform a ribbon dance
- Perform a samba dance using homemade instruments
- Design and make a board game
- Go to the library and researchย ย about the Ancient Olympicsย
But whatever you do โ make it fun!
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