Olympians get a medal for doing the best in an event or competition. These can be running, swimming, shot put, skiing, ice skating, and all the other sports in the Olympics. You can show the children ...
Olympians get a medal for doing the best in an event or competition. These can be running, swimming, shot put, skiing, ice skating, and all the other sports in the Olympics. You can show the children photos of some of the different sports that take place at both the Winter and Summer Olympics. There are rules and judges and awards for the top three places. Ask the children if they know what the three different medals are that are awarded to the top three competitors in an event. Inform the children that gold is given to the winner, the runner-up receives the silver medal and third place gets the bronze medal. The top three Olympians get to stand on top of a big box called a podium, and the metals are placed around their neck like a big necklace. Anyone who gets a metals is super happy and proud! Show a picture of Olympians on the podium with big smiles.
For each Olympic games the host country makes their own special gold, silver and bronze metals. Show a picture of gold, silver, and bronze medals from different Olympics. The winners get to take these home and keep them forever.
Let your children know that Olympic athletes work very hard and practice a lot to just earn the chance to compete in the Olympics for their country. Not everyone wins a medal, only the best in that sport. Tell the children if they want to do something very well they have to work hard and practice a lot too. This can be in sports, music, art, school, or anything they do!
Today we are going to count medals that we are going to make out of construction paper. You can use this circle pattern to cut the medals out of. Cut multiple circles out of white construction paper ...
Today we are going to count medals that we are going to make out of construction paper. You can use this circle pattern to cut the medals out of. Cut multiple circles out of white construction paper. The children can cut out some of the circles depending on their skill level for cutting, they can cut out some and you can cut out some. Have the children color them gold, silver and bronze. After the children have colored the circles collect them and hide them. Have the children close their eyes and hide the circles around the room. After the circles are hide (don’t hide them so they can’t find them, leave parts of the circle showing) tell them they can go and find them throughout the room. Once the children have found all the circles have the children count how many they found. Then have them count how many they found of each color.
Print out the Bible memory verse coloring page and have your children color the picture. While they are coloring the picture you can talk about the Bible verses from Day 1 and what they see in the pic ...
Print out the Bible memory verse coloring page and have your children color the picture. While they are coloring the picture you can talk about the Bible verses from Day 1 and what they see in the picture. After they are done coloring it they can hang it up and when they pass by the page they can work on memorizing the Bible verse on the page.
Here are the verses in case you are interested: Isaiah 40:29-31
God gives strength to those who are tired (sign the word for strength)
And gives power to those who are weak (sign the word for weak)
Even boys and girls can get tired
And can lose their focus and fall (sign the word for fall)
But those who believe in the LORD (sign the word for Lord)
Will gain strength and get stronger (sign the word for strength)
They will fly in the sky like eagles (sign for eagle)
They will run and not grow tired
They will always be strong. (sign the word for strong)
Follow these instructions or watch this video to learn how to make you very own Olympic medal! On a piece of construction paper trace a lid (a mayonnaise jar is great!) to make a circle on the piece o ...
Follow these instructions or watch this video to learn how to make you very own Olympic medal! On a piece of construction paper trace a lid (a mayonnaise jar is great!) to make a circle on the piece of paper. Then, depending on your child’s skills have your child cut out the circle (or you can cut out the circle for them). The circle is going to be your child’s medal. Once the medal is cut out have your child decorate the medal with crayons. After he or she is finished decorating the medal, punch two holes towards the top of the medal about 2 inches apart. Next, we are going to make the necklace! Select a piece of yarn long enough to put over the child’s head. On one end of the yarn or ribbon tie a knot. On the other end of the yarn have your child wrap a piece of scotch tape so the end does not fray. Now have your child add beads or you can even cut a straw into small pieces for them to add to their their necklace. Once they fill it up the yarn about halfway add the medal by looping the yarn through the two holes you punched out. Continue decorating the other half of the yarn with beads and or pieces of a straw. When it is full tie the strings together and place the medal on over your child’s neck! Make sure you tell them they are #1 in your book! ;)
