First I had the kids help me make and bake the cookies. While they were cooling I gave each of the twins a bowl of M&M's to sort by color. This made them happy and is great activity for preschoolers to review colors and physical properties. After they cooled sufficiently we frosted them. Finally we practiced another essential preschool skill of patterning. I made an example of the pattern on a cookie for each of them and then allowed them to copy the pattern based on the example. This was a little harder for them than I expected, but after a little practice they improve in accuracy.
Next, while they moved onto some quiet plan I assembled the materials for our Olympic Games. Here is a list of the games:
Olympic Games
Remind your athletes that every athlete in the Olympics represents their country and displays their flag proudly during the opening ceremonies. While you are setting up the games provide paper and supplies for the kids to decorate their own flags of create team flags if there are enough children. This will keep them busy for a little bit.
During the Opening Ceremonies play some inspiring music and allow the kids to parade around the yard or neighborhood with their flag. Draw a name to be the torch bearer and that person can carry a torch and lead the parade. We used a paper towel roll covered with aluminum foil and read and orange tissue paper for flames similar to this one from I Can Teach My Kid
Sponge Pass: Kids stand in a line and with a bucket of water and large car wash type sponge at the front of the line and an empty bucket at the back of the line. First kids soaks the sponge and then they pass it through the line over there heads and the last kids squeezes it into the bucket then runs to the front of the line and starts the process again. And they keep rotating so that each person gets a chance at the front and end of the line and they fill the back bucket with water.
Scoop toss/catch: Using Jai Lai type scoops toss the ball back and forth as many times as you can with out dropping. If you don't have store bought scoops you can cut the bottom portion off of two gallon milk jug containers with handles. (I often raid the recycling bin).
Egg on a spoon race: 2 teams race from one point to another. Carry egg on spoon with out dropping to bring to partner and pass successfully from one spoon to another. I used plastic Easter eggs. You may want to weight them with sand or clay if you have a windy day.
Balloon between the knees race: Athletes go as fast as they can from start to finish line
Ring Toss: You can use a store bought game or create your own with plastic water bottles filled with water or sand for stability. You can use pool diving rings or make your own by cutting the center circle out paper dinner plates. The kids throw rings and try to get them on the posts/bottles.
Ball toss into buckets: Use wiffle ball or other light weight ball and have the kids take turns trying to toss balls into bowls or buckets. You can make this trickier for older kids by placing them in a vertical line and assigning a value to the bowls. For example the closer bowl would be worth 10 points, next 20, then 30 and so on.
Biathalon: Athletes ride tricycle or bike on chalk path on driveway or sidewalk then get off and run to specified location.
Javelin throw: throw a pool noodle as far as they can. To add another skill set out a tape measure and have the kids record the length and even graph it on a chart later.
Water balloon toss: see how many tosses before it breaks. A favorite on a hot day!
At the close of the Olympic all of the kids received medals and enjoyed their Olympic Cookies.
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