OLYMPIC SPORTS COMPARISON:
Print out a copy of my Olympic Sports: Team vs Individual Chart and together as a family when you are reading about the Olympics or watching the Olympics on Television fill in the chart.
Here are some Olympics Websites for more information:
For the official Olympic Site check here: https://www.olympic.org/
For the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang click here: https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/index
For the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo click here: https://tokyo2020.jp/en/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/beijing-unveils-2022-winter-olympics-emblems-1.3724558
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html
OLYMPIC TALLY SHEETS:
Print out my Olympic Tally Chart 1 or Olympic Tally Chart 2 (the difference is the picture at the bottom). You can either print one out for the entire family or one for each individual and together as a family decide on which countries you want to focus on for your chart. Find the flag for the countries you are watching and either have your kids draw their own rendition of the flag or print out the image from the computer. As a family check the newspaper or online to see the progress of your chosen countries each day (it is fun to check in the morning and in the evening) and update your tally chart by marking off if those countries have received any gold, silver or bronze medals! Find the flags here: http://www.flags.net/
WORLD FLAGS BANNER:
My Eldest has always been interested in world flags and capitals. It was his idea to draw the different flags of the different countries in the Olympics. I don't think he and his brother got them all but they did a great job! We used regular paper from our printer and cut it in half and then folded each of these in half. The flag was drawn in crayon on one side and then when we strung some twine across our window. We then opened each flag "card" and lay it on the string so it would hang below. To find each country's flag we looked online. Like here: http://www.flags.net/
Olympic Games
HEre is a link to the official Olympic Countdown to the next games:
Learning Activites
OLYMPIC MOTO POSTER:
The Olympic Moto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius “ which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". Have your child make an Olympic Poster using this Moto. We decided to write the moto using white crayons on white paper and then painted over with the Olympic rings colours. Have your child press and use a lot of white crayon. We found that only some parts of the white crayon showed through the watercolours and ended up painting with regular white paint over some of the letters so it was readable.
WORLD FLAGS AT MT NORQUAY
CALGARY WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES 1988