2008 Beijing Olympics

I decided to delay the start of our regular curriculum to capitalize on the girls' current interest - the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I found an awesome (and free) Olympics lapbook at Homeschool Share that will cover most of the subjects. We'll also be using the official site of the 2008 Olympics and Enchanted Learning (we have a free membership from our homeschool group because I teach a co op class).

Here's what we'll be doing:

Bible ~ 1Cor 9:24 "Do you know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."

Geography/History

• mapping the route of the torch relay
• learning some Chinese history
• learning about the flags of China and the US
• studying the history of the Olympics
• discovering the meaning of some of the Olympic symbols

Math ~ The girls each picked a team and we'll be tracking their medal count each day. We'll make a bar graph and use subtraction to see how many medals have been won since we last checked the count

Language Arts ~ They'll learn lots of new vocabulary as we talk about the sports, the Olympics and the countries. They will also get lots of handwriting practice :)

Science ~ We'll be talking about the food pyramid, the differences between an athlete's diet and our diets, and the importance of a healthy diet in everyday life

Fun ~ We'll have our own family olympics. The girls will choose the activities, determine the rules and run the event

Now don't get the idea that I'm a genius for coming up with this. Most of what we'll be doing comes straight from the lapbook at Homeschool Share. The only thing I did was search for the official Olympics site and find maps and flags. The internet is such a great tool for homeschoolers.