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April 9, 2014 by Krista

Preschool Letter O is for Olympics Art Activity

Here’s a fun activity to do with the kiddos. The Olympics may be over, but they will come around again (isn’t it great?!) and how fun would it be to do your own Olympics as part of this too?! So, here’s Sinea from Ducks ‘n a Row with this super fun Letter O is for Olympics art activity. Take it away, Sinea!

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Guest post by Sinea Pies 

Many thanks to Krista for inviting me to guest post on her blog. Whenever I have an opportunity to guest on someone else’s site, I want it to be special. This opportunity came at the perfect time! I’m sharing the most recent craft that I did with my preschool class. I loved it. The children loved it. Their parents loved it and I think you will love it, too.
 Preschool Letter O is for Olympics Collage

My eleven preschoolers are such a sweet group. As you know, no two 4 year olds are alike. Each time we do a new project, I anticipate what I will see. 

  • Aliyah is a perfectionist. She takes her time to get every detail right. Due to her deliberacy, we often have to wait for her to finish up. 
  • Caleb goes for accuracy. He wants his project to look just like mine or like the real thing, such as when we did our lion craft. He didn’t want the mane to be orange and yellow. A lion’s mane is brownish-tan and that is exactly how his looked. (Beautifully done, I might add.) 
  • Evan takes everything on with gusto. He had glue all over the page before he noticed that it should only go on the ringed outline of the “O”. No worries. Glue dries and he had fun. 
It was letter “O” week. Though logic said “Owl” was the way to go, Katie, my assistant, said “No, we HAVE to do the Olympics!” And I am so glad we did.
 
Our craft was something I found pictured on Pinterest. Isn’t Pinterest great? It is like visiting the World Library of Ideas.  We glued Fruit Loops™ onto a page to form a letter “O” as well as completing the Olympic rings. 
 Preschool Letter O is for Olympics template

This is the template I used.

How’d it go? After 14 weeks with my students, I have come to know them pretty well. If I gave them ALL the cereal at once, those rings would never have been made. Katie agreed.  Rings first, big “O” later.

 Preschool Letter O is for Olympics Fruit Loops
So, I came in prepared with snack-size zip bags, one of each color. I called upon my “Teachers Helpers”  to go around and leave one piece with each of their fellow students.  
 Preschool Letter O is for Olympics Glue
Everyone carefully glued them into the Olympic rings. Not all of the rings were the right color but, no biggie, this is preschool! When I heard the familiar “Teacher, I need more Fruit Loops” it was time to give them the rest of their cereal. It worked very, very well. 
 Preschool Letter O is for Olympics Craft
Busy little hands making their “O’s”

 Preschool Letter O is for Olympics Fruit Loop Ring

The finished product!  Pretty, huh?

Supplies for your Letter O Art Project

Fruit Loops™ cereal
“O” template printed on card stock
Elmer’s® glue
little cup for the glue
cotton swabs
 

Directions for your Letter O Art Project

Squirt some glue into a small cup. 
Using a cotton swab, dab the rings of the Olympic symbol with glue and attach a piece of cereal in each.
Now, rub glue onto the big “O” and attach cereal all around. 
Some children will go “multi color” and others may want to separate it into groups of color.
Enjoy!
 

Sinea Pies is the inspiration behind Ducks ‘n a Row. Admittedly not nearly as organized as she’d like to be, Sinea encourages her readers to join her as they head toward the goal of “The Beauty of an Organized Life” together. 

Ducks ‘n a Row also visits the world of cooking/baking, time management, home/office decor, health, fashion, education, faith, Fido (dogs) and, most recently, preschool. Having years of experience as a high school guidance counselor and school administrator, she is now having fun teaching preschool and sharing with her readers! 
Follow Sinea (pronounced SEENA) on social media: Facebook/ Google+ / Pinterest  / Twitter / Sverve and please stop by for Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop on Ducks ‘n a Row, as well.

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Thanks so much for sharing this great preschool activity, Sinea! I would have a hard time with this project… Fruit Loops are my favorite cereal and I could eat a whole box of them by myself. But for the sake of learning, maybe, just maybe, I might be able to part with a few handfuls while Big J and Little J glue them to their papers… who are we kidding? They’d eat them too. But I can’t blame them… I’d be sittin on the couch shoveling the sugar-frosted cereal into my mouth too. Visit Sinea for more excellent ideas over at Ducks ‘n a Row!

This post was written by Krista and originally appeared on While He Was Napping.
 

I'm Krista. Ringleader here on While He Was Napping, wife to my handsome Mr. Right & momma to my THREE energetic boys, Big J (9), Little J (6) & Little N (4). We FINALLY added a beautiful little girl to our family last December.

I’m knee-deep in Tonka trucks & Thomas trains. I survive our crazy days with Vanilla Coke, Sonic slushies, sweet snuggles and little giggles. When I tuck them in tight & kiss them good night, I get a little time to create & just be me.


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