Olympic Snacking & Giveaway #ProudToBeCDN

With the upcoming Winter Olympics, the excitement in our house is building.  Sliding on the ice has become "speed-skating". Mini-hockey games in the basement have become full-out Olympic events. Sledding down our hill has become "bobsled."

 

We are so excited to cheer on Team Canada as they compete in Sochi.  We're also looking forward to learning about other countries, and cheering on the underdog.  We've gone through our clothes and found all the red & white and Team Canada clothing.

I thought it might be fun to learn a little more about the Olympic symbol - the five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green and red), designed in 1912.  The six colours, including the white background, represent colours from the flags of all of the countries.  The five rings represent five continents of the world coming together.

Along with our Olympic excitement, we're also looking forward to eating a little healthier this year.  So we decided to make a little Olympic snack, which involves colour-matching, learning about the Olympic rings, and healthy eating.

I took some large pieces of paper and traced 5 large circles around cups, then made smaller circles inside.  I went over them with markers in the Olympic colours.

Then we had to choose fruit to go with each colour.  Blue was easy - blueberries.  Red would have been great for strawberries, but we had to go with apple chunks. For yellow, we used bananas. Green was green grapes.  Black was the trickiest one - I couldn't come up with any ideas (any suggestions?).  So we went with purple grapes.

The kids filled each of the rings with the correct colour (colour-matching and fine-motor skills!).

After we admired the beautiful Olympic rings, we got out some Yoplait yogurt for dipping, and had ourselves a great Olympic snack!

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