{"id":1437,"date":"2023-06-20T22:02:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T22:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluebirddayprogram.com\/?page_id=1437"},"modified":"2023-10-05T01:02:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T01:02:31","slug":"winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluebirddayprogram.com\/winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter Olympics<\/span><\/h1><\/div>

Welcome to Blue Bird Day’s Weekly Lesson Plans. This week we’re working on the theme Winter Olympics! Read below for more themed lesson plans and activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Table Time Activity: Olympic Ring Puzzle<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Easy Cardboard Olympic Ring Puzzle<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Skill Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of this activity is to focus on color recognition and visual perceptual skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Growing My Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cut 5 squares or rectangles out of cardboard. Paper; make sure they are all the same size.<\/p>\n

Next, use different color Sharpies and a cup to draw a colored circle onto each piece of cardboard.<\/p>\n

Next, outline the squares\/rectangles with a black sharpie and draw circles onto the easel paper. Make sure you put the rings on the big paper in Olympic ring order.<\/p>\n

Once you have colored rings on your cardboard and colored rings on your white paper then you are ready to play with the puzzle!!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Floortime Play Activity: Ice Skating Play<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

White plastic table.<\/p>\n

Tape.<\/p>\n

Socks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Skill Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of this activity is to promote engagement & social play with your child while pretending to ice skate!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Growing My Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Expand this activity by pretending your child is at an ice skating rink and clap while they do “tricks,” or play music and play freeze skating.<\/p>\n

Try to have the main focus of your child playing with you, as their play partner.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Relaxation Time Activity: Go to the “Spa” for a Massage After All That Physical Activity!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relaxing Music.<\/p>\n

A yoga mat or blanket.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Skill Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of this activity is to work on taking turns.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Growing My Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Have your child lie down and give them a back massage while listening to soft, gentle music.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Creative Time Activity: Olympic Medals<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Construction Paper.<\/p>\n

Ribbon or String.<\/p>\n

Gold Glitter.<\/p>\n

Glue.<\/p>\n

Scissors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Skill Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of this activity is to help your child follow directions and build their creativity and fine motor skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Growing My Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cut out a large yellow circle.<\/p>\n

Punch a hole at the top of the circle.<\/p>\n

Attach string or ribbon to the ‘medal.’<\/p>\n

Add glue and gold glitter to the medal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Movement Time Activity: Winter Olympic Games!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laundry Basket or Blanket.<\/p>\n

Shoe Boxes or Tissue Boxes.<\/p>\n

Broom.<\/p>\n

Ball rolled-up socks, or balled up paper.<\/p>\n

Scooter board.<\/p>\n

Exercise ball, or pillow\/couch cushion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Skill Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of this week is to take all the skills blue birds have learned over the year and combine them into a full game: Ring Around the Rosie, tag, hide-and-seek, and catch!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Growing My Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bobsled:<\/strong> have your child sit in a laundry basket or on a blanket and push or pull them down a hall\/across a room or fill a laundry basket with stuffed animals or weights and have your child push it<\/p>\n

Ice Skating:<\/strong> put shoe boxes or tissue boxes on your child’s feet and have them “ski” around the room<\/p>\n

Curling\/Ice Hockey:<\/strong> use a broom and a ball, rolled up pair of socks, or balled up paper to curl or play hockey<\/p>\n

Skeleton:<\/strong> have your child lay on their stomach on a scooter board, exercise ball, pillow, or over your shins\/feet, keep their legs straight, reach their arms straight back toward their feet and cue them to keep their head up. See how long they can hold this position!<\/p>\n

Ski Jump:<\/strong> place obstacles in a path and have your child jump over each one–cue them to jump with two feet together or to complete a star jump<\/p>\n

You can set these games up in rotations, have competitions with the family, as one big obstacle course, or individually! Get creative and add your own events as well!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Mealtime Activity: Fueling Our Olympic Self<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch Sesame Street: How To Eat Like Cookie Monster With Olympic Athletes YouTube Video<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find food from the video (broccoli, carrots, pasta, cookies, salad, etc.) and practice “ohm nomming” with cookie monster.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Skill Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of this activity is to find foods that fuel the body to prepare for an Olympic event!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Growing My Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Prepare food available in the fridge before a meal or during snack (i.e canned fruit and vegetables, pasta, fresh fruit, and vegetables).<\/p>\n

Watch Sesame Street: How To Eat Like Cookie Monster With Olympic Athletes YouTube Video<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The goal of the lesson is to find balance: eat vegetables, pasta, and cookies to fuel your body before an Olympic sport!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Language Time Activity: Red Light, Green Light: Get Moving with this Fun and Simple Game!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Skill Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of this activity is to improve your child’s receptive and pragmatic language skills by following directions and turn-taking.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Growing My Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Work on following one-step directions (i.e., red=stop, green=go).<\/p>\n

Work on improving executive functioning skills by improving your child’s ability to inhibit distractors while they play (for an extra challenge, turn on some music as a distractor).<\/p>\n

Take turns being the runner and the leader to work on pragmatic language skills.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWinter Olympics - Weekly Themes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Winter Olympics activities for preschool and kindergarten aged children with developmental difficulties, used in our therapeutic program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebirddayprogram.com\/winter-olympics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winter Olympics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winter Olympics activities for preschool and kindergarten aged children with developmental difficulties, used in our therapeutic program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bluebirddayprogram.com\/winter-olympics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blue Bird Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bluebirddayprogram\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-05T01:02:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bluebirddayprogram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tiny-sun-2.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BBDProgram\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"43 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluebirddayprogram.com\\\/winter-olympics\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluebirddayprogram.com\\\/winter-olympics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Winter Olympics - 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