We completed three activities: Making a torch, painting the Olympic Rings (see previous post) and earning Olympic Medals.
This child is working on naming members of a group and their functions as part of the EET program. As he collected foil to decorate his Olympic torch, he named 8 things he would see at a birthday party. As he decorated his torch, he needed to describe two things each item does. For example, he named "Balloons" as something he would see at a birthday party. Then he said, "you hold them, you punch them and make them go back and forth".
Our next task was to name 8 items in each of 5 categories; you can find a photo of that activity in my previous post.
Our Olympic Competition was the highlight of the day. The kids attempted to earn bronze, silver and gold medals by completing a task that contained one of their goals.
I used cards from Jenna Reyburn's Speech Room News Olympic Activity Pack to make my own Olympic events. I wrote the names of different activities on the back side of the medal cards. Kids selected a card from the Gold Medal, Silver Medal and Bronze Medal piles to determine what "event" they needed to "compete" in.
For example, this child selected the Amazing Ball Skills card, and had to say one of her target words or phrases before hopping over the block with the ball between her knees. Once she said all 10 words/phrases correctly, she earned a medal.
The Sandwich Stack event required the child to say her target words to earn pieces of a large fabric sandwich. After earning 8 pieces, she had to walk across the room and back with the sandwich balanced on her head. I'd say that's Bronze Medal worthy, wouldn't you?
After completing the tasks listed in their journals, the kids were awarded the Olympic Champion Badge, which they glued on the page. My little Olympians really enjoyed their speech time today!
Be creative and have fun,
Pam
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