Learning Activities around the Olympics

The Olympic Games are starting Aug. 5, so it’s the perfect time to bring some Olympic-themed learning and play into your classroom or home.

Edventures with Kids hosted a great Olympics activity roundup earlier this summer that includes geography, STEM activities, learning about Brazil and books about the Olympics. There’s even an activity sheet kids can use to collect points when they do different activities to earn “medals.”

3 Dinosaurs has an Olympics pack of printables for use with kids ages 2 to 7. It includes cutting and writing practice, dot marker pages, counting, puzzles and more, all with a summer Olympics theme. And if you have a preschooler you’ll love these Olympics activities from Parenting from the Heart.

There’s another great roundup of Olympics activities from around the web at the Chaos and the Clutter. You’ll especially want to check out her ideas for hosting your own backyard Olympics. Also look at I Can Teach My Child for a DIY Olympic torch, an Olympic ring pretzel craft/snack and more.

Use basic LEGO bricks to make the Olympic rings, with instructions from Little Bins for Little Hands. Or paint rocks with the national flags of participating countries, which you can see at Non-Toy Gifts.

After all that playful learning your kid deserves a medal, so why not make gold, silver and bronze playdough with a little help from metallic crayons? The instructions are at Sugar Aunts.

Are you excited about the Olympics? What’s your favorite event? I think my daughter will love watching gymnastics.

[Photo via Edventures with Kids.]

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Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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