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Do any of you have plans to create a learning opportunity through the Olympics this summer? If so, would you be willing to share your ideas. Thank you!
My only idea so far is to create a neighborhood mini Olympics. Ball throwing, biking, running, etc. We have many young boys in the ‘hood, so I thought it might be fun.
Looking forward to other ideas, too.
Katrina
We are simply going to watch and enjoy the Olympics, answering questions or discussing the various sports/countries as those things arise naturally in conversation. In fact, we’ve already been watching YouTube videos of swimming and synchronized diving because the kids are so excited. This will be the first Olympics either of them will remember, and we are looking forward to sharing the experience with them.
We’re going to read a simple book about London, another easy book about the origins of the Olympics, and one that tells about the different games/sports featured in the Olympics. And we’re going to watch! 🙂
In addition to searching your geography resources for information on London, Greece, and any country you may have interest in watching compete, here are a few links I plan to look at further.
http://www.squidoo.com/london2012activities
http://www.dotcomsformoms.com/let-the-games-begin
http://www.tipjunkie.com/olympic-tutorials/
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/olympics_colouring_pages.htm
http://getset.london2012.com/en/home
We also make graphs using dry erase markers on our sliding door for a fun extra so we may incorporate that for medal counts or something. Have each kid pick a country to follow?
I love celebrating anything, especially if it has to do with world culture so we also cook recipes from the host country on opening ceremony night.
Thank you all so much!!! I am new to CM so was wondering what a study of this would look like in the CM philosophy. You all are the greatest!
We don’t have any cable, and so we haven’t been able to watch live before. But I just found out that it will stream live this year! http://www.nbcolympics.com/ I’m so excited. I remember the Winter Olympics of 1994 as the first Olympics that I was really into, and having a scrap book of all the news paper clippings and journaling of what I watched, who won, what I loved about it! I’m looking forward to doing the same now with my kids!
When I was in elementary school we had school olympics the final week of June. The entire school (K-8th grade) was divided into five countries and assigned a section of the school. Each team decorated their section of the school, spent time learning about their country and competing insome traditional (and non-traditional) sports and activities. on the third and fourth day our country would “tour” the other countries, watch demonstrations and presentations and learn about about that country’s geography and culture. On the final day we’d have a big awards ceremony in the gym. It was a lot of fun.
Bumping this post as I start to request olympics and Russia-related books from the library. Love the Olympics!
Anyone have anymore fun ideas or good books to recommend?
So far we have made a paper chain in the Olympic colors counting down to the Opening Ceremony. I got a few ideas from my friend Candace on her blog here:
http://www.mercyisnew.com/2014/01/03/winter-olympics-ancient-greece-unit-study/
We are in Module 2 now, so it will tie in nicely with our study of Ancient Greece. I would like to find some good books on the Olympics. Does anyone have any recommendations for 3rd grade and younger? We finished “Our Little Spartan Cousin” and are about to read “Our Little Athenian Cousin”, but I would like to find something more directly about the Olympics.
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