Who knew that they Olympics could be so fascinating to a group of two year olds?
Not us, certainly.
We watched short clips of the gymnastic trials, swimming trials, and track trials.
My kiddos loved every bit of every clip.
One girl stood up during the gymnastics and said, "Help me!" (She wanted to do flips.)
Of course they are kids after my own heart, and they LOVED watching Michael Phelps swim.
When I asked them what their favorite parts of the trials were, the majority of them said either Michael "Phaylps" or when the gymnast fell and "broke her knee." (At least they are honest.)
I told them that it wasn't nice to like it when people fall and get hurt. We had nice long feel-good conversations about getting back up and trying again.
I asked again, "What was your favorite part?" and one boy said, "When the girl fell. But she got back up and tried again!"
Another boy said that he liked when the swimmers jumped into the pool. I said, "That was Michael Phelps." He said, "He no fayll (fell). The girl fayll (fell)."
*Meaning Michael didn't fall (Phelps), the gymnast fell. He was very upset that I kept saying Michael fell. :)
Yay Olympics!
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