Learning Flags for the Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are happening for the next couple of weeks, and they provide a great opportunity to sneak in some learning about other countries.

It’s always fun to watch the parade of nations during the opening ceremonies and see the different flags and how many athletes are representing each country.

You can help kids learn about some of those flags with these printable flag cards from Books and Giggles. The flags here represent the top 15 nations in terms of medals won, so if you’re watching events and you see a medals ceremony it’s likely you’ll be able to match a flag to the ones on the podium.

You can also play matching games to match the flag to the nation’s name (there are labeled and unlabeled options) or add in a geography component and stick the flag to the country on the map.

Grab the printables and more ideas for using them from Books and Giggles.

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Looking for more resources on the Olympics? Check these Olympic Activity books out.

This time of year is a great time for pulling out all the apple and pumpkin themed worksheets to add a little seasonal fun to your learning. Let’s take a look at some fun pumpkin themed worksheets for the classroom or homeschool.

If you want some pumpkin printables that are actually about pumpkins, check out the pumpkin life cycle worksheets from 24 Hour Family that include parts of a pumpkin, life cycle, vocabulary, shape and counting activities. Rock Your Homeschool also has a cute printable and foldable life cycle worksheet for the life cycle of a pumpkin that kids can color and put together.

Inspire the Mom has ideas for a pumpkin unit study as well as printables (free with email signup) that include parts of the pumpkin, letter recognition, lesson plans and more. The blog post also includes more ideas for things like pretend play and centers, as well as books and videos with a pumpkin theme you can include in your study.

Do some pumpkin themed color by number with these printable coloring pages from The Artisan Life. Or try your hand at pumpkin I-spy with this printable from The Best Ideas for Kids.

Work on shape recognition and matching with this color, cut and paste activity from Free 4 Classrooms. And get some cutting practice with a pumpkin twist with these worksheets from Simple Everyday Mom.

These last two have a bunch of different fall themed worksheets to choose from, some of which include pumpkins. Willa Bean and Co. has a pumpkin themed alphabet set that includes pumpkins with the letters inside them and sets of upper and lower case letters on seeds you can use for matching.

And Worksheeto has a bunch of fall themed phonics worksheets, including pumpkin sight words with fall themed words and pumpkin letter matching.

For more pumpkin learning fun, see our pumpkin printables for kids and pumpkin STEM activities lists.

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