Update: This event has been postponed due to weather.
As
U.S. athletes prepare for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia,
about 100 preschoolers in the Readiness Program at New York Institute
for Special Education (NYISE) will participate in their own annual
Winter Olympics, Thursday, January 23, from 10 AM- Noon, in the Readiness Solarium, 985 Astor Avenue, behind the main building on Pelham Parkway North, Bronx.
Developmentally-delayed
three to five-year-olds will participate in fun winter-themed
activities designed to improve gross motor skills such as coordination,
balance, strength and agility.
Each
class will select a country to represent and make a flag for display at
the Olympics. Students will wear their team color as they partake in
Olympics-inspired games such as hockey, winter bowling, luge,
ice-skating and snow ball fights with crumbled paper. The students will
also get to participate in their favorite activity, the ice breaker.
A
medal ceremony will follow and the children will be invited to create a
large torch on the wall using pre-made painted hand-prints. Each
student will receive a medal and be crowned a winner.
The
New York Institute for Special Education, founded in 1831 as The New
York Institute for the Education of the Blind, is one of the oldest and
most respected schools in the nation that provides specialized services
for children with disabilities.
WHAT: WINTER OLYMPICS FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS AT NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
DATE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014
TIME: 10 AM – NOON
PLACE: READINESS SOLARIUM (BEHIND MAIN BUILDING AT 999 PELHAM PARKWAY NORTH)
985 ASTOR AVENUE
BRONX
*Please RSVP if interested in attending: Bill Easton at weaston@rubenstein.com*
