Hour of the Olympics

As the children arrived, I passed out a connect-the-dots worksheet for them to color.

I summarized the sixteenth book, Hour of the Olympics, and asked the children a variety of questions about the book.

When we arrived at the part in the book where the tree house spun, each child received a Dizzy Pill (which is actually a tootsie roll) to help make them less dizzy. After eating their Dizzy Pills, the children were instructed to spin around three times, as if they were in the spinning tree house.

When we got to the part in the book where Jack wrote in his notebook, I showed the notebook I made that has all of Jack's notes in it.

For our first craft, the children decorated Olympic medals. I had already hole punched the circles and tied yarn to them prior to the meeting, so all the children needed to do was design the medals.

Next, I passed out a picture of a Pegasus and scattered feathers along the tables. The children colored the Pegasus and glued feathers onto its wings. At the end, the children asked if they could take some feathers home - it was so cute!

Finally, we played Bingo, but instead of shouting BINGO when we won, we shouted GAMES! I found some Olympic themed Bingo cards online, which were perfect for this week's theme. We used Fruit Loops as markers, and kept playing until everyone had gotten at least one Bingo.