ELC Olympic Games 2014

 

We held the first ever ELC Olympics!

The whole school participated in several

games to earn gold medals.

The preschool and toddler classes walked

out to the Olympic theme song written by John Williams

and watched Meryl Davis and Charlie White ice dance.

They also watched Shaun White snowboard.

Then we talked about how to cheer each other on

and to help our friends if they fall down

 before we started the games.

 

 

ACT LIKE AN ANIMAL

Act like a  lion!

Act like a mouse!



Act like a monkey!

Act like a giraffe.

Act like a snake!



Act like a frog!

 

MUSICAL CIRCLES

This game is like musical chairs but not as

competitive. The children danced to music and

when the music stopped they had to find a

circle to stand in. Circles would be taken away and

the children had to figure out how to fit

 inside one circle by the end of the game.

OBSTICAL COURSE

Ms. Donna demonstrated how to run the course and

explained what to do (she almost got stuck in the tunnel).

The toddlers went first. The preschool

was broken up into two groups and went after the toddlers.

Everyone had a great time! The groups who

were waiting cheered for the players.

The children had to first kick a ball into the net.

Next was hopping over the rails of the floor ladder.

Then the children had to run around the cones.

After the cones they ran to the mat to do a pencil roll.

Then they crawled through a tunnel.

After running through the course twice
the children sat down at the starting line
to wait for the rest of their friends to finish.

Everyone earned a gold medal!

Two of our infants watched the bigger kids play they
played on the course too!

The obstacle course.



A favorite sitting spot

These preschoolers just went on a walk

and are taking a rest together.

One of our parents captured this cute moment!

Blooms and Berries Fruit Farm

OUR FIRST FIELD TRIP

We had a great day for the first field trip as a class.  The skies were blue, the clouds were white and the sun was shining brightly.

 

First we took a hayride to the pumpkin patch where we all got to pick out a pumpkin to take home.

On our way we saw other children coming back with their pumpkins.  We waved to them and they waved back.  The kids all thought that was funny.

We also saw a field of sunflowers.  Bigger than the sunflower patch we planted at school.

And then there it was  "THE GREAT PUMPKIN PATCH"
 



 They went searching for their pumpkin.  Picking one up, looking at it and deciding if that one was the right one.

He went to the every end of the pumpkin patch to find his perfect pumpkin.

So happy to have found the one he liked.

 



Even Ms. Sara found one for herself to that home.

 



Finally we all collected a pumpkin and were ready for the ride back to the farm.

 On our way back we encountered big leaves falling on our heads.
 

Even saw a bigger pumpkin patch.

 



One activity at the farm was that the children had to prime a old fashion water pump to get the water going down the drough that sent the rubber ducks to the other end.

There was a tunnel for them to go through. On the outside it was covered with hay bales.

 All of them standing inside a teepee made out of corn stalks.

 



Blooms and Berries had some farm animals for the children to look at.

These guys were pecking at a ear of corn that was on the other side of their pen.

Sheep eating some grass.

 



Cows relaxing in the grass.

Goats eating grain.

 



Even a Mommy and a baby donkey.

The children and Ms. Sara had lots of fun playing in the corn box.

They were tossing the corn up in the air.  Covering their feet and hands up to make them disappear in the corn. Some even filled up their hats and then put them on to have the corn fall out over their heads. 

FIRE AND RESCUE TRUCK

City of Mason Fire and Rescue truck came to visit!!!

Firefighter Dan was preparing to show the children what he would look like if he were to come to their house in case of a fire.

 

Everyone was very interested in what he was doing.

 

Firefighter Dan had the children feel how heavy his jacket was before he put it on.

 

LOOK HOW DIFFERENT HE LOOKS NOW!

 

The firemen had to cut their visit short because they had a call to go on.

On their way out the lights and sirens were going.

The children thought that was VERY COOL!!