The Winter Olympics, February 17th and 18th, 2010

Begin with Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Dinos in the Snow by Karma Wilson (we abbreviated this slightly)

Song: R-I-N-G-O (sung to the tune of BINGO)

There was an athlete good at sports
And Ringo was his name-o!
R-I-N-G-O, R-I-N-G-O, R-I-N-G-O
And Ringo was his name-0!

Poem: I Did a Nutty Summersault by Jack Prelutsky from A Pizza the Size of the Sun.

Book: Penelope in the Winter by Anne Gutman

Song: Down to the Bottom from Bananas in Pajamas bumping and a-jumping

Book: Sledding by Elizabeth Winthrop

Story: Hey, My Name is Sean, the Olympic Version of Hello, My Name is Joe.

Hey, my name is Sean and I’m an Olympic athlete.
I have a hat, a coat, and a snowboard.
Now one day my coach said to me,
"Hey Sean, do you mind hanging loose with your right hand?" (make “hang loose” motion with right hand - continue throughout rhyme)
I said, "Sure, Coach."

Hey, my name is Sean and I’m an Olympic athlete.
I have a hat, a coat, and a snowboard.
Now one day my coach said to me,
"Hey Sean, do you mind curling with your left hand?" (make curling action with left hand )
I said, "Sure, Coach."

Hey, my name is Sean and I’m an Olympic athlete.
I have a hat, a coat, and a snowboard.
Now one day my coach said to me,
"Hey Sean, do you mind snowboarding with your right foot?" (slide right foot, continuing with hand motions)
I said, "Sure, Coach."

Hey, my name is Sean and I’m an Olympic athlete.
I have a hat, a coat, and a snowboard.
Now one day my coach said to me,
"Hey Sean, do you mind ice skating with your left foot" (slide left foot, continuing with hand motions)
I said, "Sure, Coach."

Hey, my name is Sean and I’m an Olympic athlete.
I have a hat, a coat, and a snowboard.
Now one day my coach said to me, "Hey Sean, do you mind catching some snowflakes with your tongue?” I said "Sure, Coach."
(now talk with tongue sticking out)

Hey, my name is Sean and I’m an Olympic athlete.
I have a hat, a coat, and a snowboard.
Now one day my coach said to me, "Hey Sean, are you busy?"
And I said, "Yeah, I'm a little busy right now, Coach."

Story: Turtle’s Olympics by library staff member Paul Musser.
Final Activity: Winter Olympics
• Skating (on paper plates)
• Ski Jumping (jump off short stool)
• Hockey (hit a ball through the goal posts which consisted of tape on the wall)
• Sledding (we had a sled they could sit in)
• At the end each child received a gold medal