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Children become nursery rhyme Olympians
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children who attended the Mother Goose Olympics at the Poland library on June 14 played the "Humpty Dumpty" egg-on-a-spoon race game.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the children at the Poland library Mother Goose Olympics held eggs in preparation for the "Humpty Dumpty" egg-on-a-spoon race on June 14.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the children at the Mother Goose Olympics at the Poland library on June 14 held up her medal she made after completing the games.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the children at the Mother Goose Olympics worked on making his medal after he completed the different games at the Poland library on June 14.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Children participated in Mother Goose Olympics on June 14 at the Poland library.
Annette Ahrens, a Poland librarian, put the event together and based the games off of different nursery rhymes. Games included a “Humpty Dumpty” egg-on-a-spoon race, an “Itsy Bitsy Spider” toss and several others.
The children were given a paper with the different games listed. Once the children finished each game, they could mark it off with a sheep sticker to show they completed it. The sheep stickers were hidden around the room and the children had to find them before they could mark of a game they completed.
“Even the snacks have nursery rhymes associated with them,” said Ahrens.
There was a craft table set up with materials needed to create a medal. The children could make their own medal after they completed the games to wear. A podium was made for the children to stand on with their medals and get a picture as if they finished in first place.
The games were a way to bring nursery rhymes to life and gave the children an opportunity to have fun participating in a game while relating it to a story.