The Olympic Games are an inspiring celebration of unity, tolerance, peace, and athleticism. This collection of creative lessons, hands-on crafts, fun games, physical challenges, and edible treats are sure to get kids excited about this important international multi-sport event.
1. Counting Medals Activity
This collection of free printable activities is a hands-on way to teach basic numeracy skills using simple manipulatives such as small gems and metal tongs.
Age group: Preschool, Elementary
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2. Map the Olympics with Country Flags
This cross-curricular geography and history lesson challenges students to map all the countries where the Olympics have been held to date.
Age Group: Elementary
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3. Read and Complete Classroom Activities for G is For Gold Medal
G is For Gold Medal shares some fascinating facts about the Olympic games including the meaning behind the iconic interlocking rings symbol. This accompanying collection of activities features comprehension questions and puzzles to reinforce student learning.
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4. Make an Olympic Torch
The Olympic torch relay is a key feature of the opening and closing ceremonies and a symbol of peace, tolerance, and hope. This colorful craft is a perfect opportunity to teach children all about the significance of this meaningful symbol.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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5. Graph the Olympic Rings
Why not combine math and art with this colorful graphing project? This free resource includes a handy coordinates list to make your job super easy.
Age Group: Elementary
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6. Make an Olympic Wreath Crown
This is sure to become one of your favorite crafts lessons! Requiring only a few real or artificial vines, these crowns are easy to make and a wonderful way to honor the Greek origins of the Olympic games.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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7. Olympic Bracelets
The Olympics are the perfect excuse to craft some colorful origami bracelets while creating a class discussion opportunity to learn about the symbolism behind the five rings and colors of the Olympic flag.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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8. Create an Olympic Passport
This printable passport features a wide variety of written activities including identifying the flags of students’ home countries.
Age Group: Elementary
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9. Sing an Olympics Song About Students’ Favourite Sports
This catchy and customizable song is a great way to get kids singing about their favorite sports while teaching them key adjectives to describe athletic abilities.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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10. Host an Olympic Themed Party
The Olympics are the perfect time to organize a fun athletic celebration. Why not make a whole school day of it by including a variety of competitive sports and field events to test students’ athletic skills?
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Middle School, Highschool
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11. Watch a Brainpop Video
This awesome resource features an animated educational video and extension quizzes, maps, and games to teach kids all about the history and traditions of the Olympic Games. Having a class-wide discussion about their learning can make for a great wrap-up activity.
Age Group: Elementary
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12. Try a Craft Paint Idea
All you need to bring this awesome idea to life are cardboard tubes, a canvas, and some paint. Why not make a collection of posters to hang up around the classroom?
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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13. Try a Fine Motor Painting Activity
Who knew wooden pegs could turn into adorable bob sledders, skiers, and figure skaters? This hands-on activity is also a great way to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Age Group: Preschool
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14. Try a Literacy-Based Hockey Game
This hands-on activity is a terrific way to practice alphabet sounds and letter recognition while having lots of fun on the ice!
Age Group: Preschool
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15. Play an Olympic Torch Game
This clever take on the Olympic torch relay uses a beach ball to bring the excitement of the cauldron lighting ceremony to life.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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16. Try a Creative Olympics Craft
Fruit loops cereal and glue combine to create this colorful craft designed to teach alphabet letters.
Age Group: Preschool
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17. Make an Educational Olympic Chain
This vibrant chain featuring fascinating facts can be used to count down to the Olympic games.
Age Group: Elementary
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18. Learn With Math and Literacy Centers
This Winter games-themed activity package is designed to help develop literacy skills such as handwriting and vocabulary word recognition as well as math skills including counting, comparing, and adding numbers.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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19. Try a Skiing-Themed Letter Matching Activity
This clever activity can be adapted to the age of your learner. Preschoolers may enjoy matching colors while older students can try matching uppercase and lowercase letters.
Age Group: Preschool
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20. Try a Lego Color Sorting Activity
Lego and the Olympic games make a winning combination in this color sorting activity designed for preschoolers.
Age Group: Preschool
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21. Paper Plate Olympic Rings
This simple paper plate craft requires cutting out the center of five paper plates and guiding young learners to paint them according to the five Olympic ring colors.
Age Group: Preschool
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22. Salt Dough Olympic Medals
These adorable, glimmering salt dough metals imprinted with numbers are a fantastic way to develop fine motor skills, learn about ordinal numbers and give children an opportunity to express their creativity.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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23. Try a 3-in-1 Olympic Learning Activity
This creative combination of sensory play activities develops motor skills, color recognition, and matching skills all in one go.
Age Group: Preschool
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24. Bake Some Olympic Cookies
These delicious sugar cookies are sure to make a festive addition to any Olympic-themed celebration.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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25. Try an Olympic Word Search
This digital Olympic-themed word search is a wonderful way to develop language fluency, improve spelling, teach patience and improve concentration skills.
Age Group: Elementary
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26. Play a Game of Paper Plate Tennis
Kids are sure to love making their own paper plate rackets for hours of balloon playing fun!
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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27. Play Some Olympic Games With Cups
From a ball toss to table soccer to discus throw, this creative collection of Olympics-inspired games uses reused cups and straws to bring students’ athletic spirit to life.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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28. Make Olympic Rings with Crystal Ice
This simple science activity gives kids a chance to observe crystals growing before their very eyes.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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29. Make Olympic Rings out of Nature Art
This tactile sensory activity gives kids an opportunity to calculate the number of petals, rocks, and leaves they will need for each circle while practicing their creative engineering skills.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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30. Olympic-Themed Math Centers
This package of thirteen stations is sure to keep young learners engaged and excited about the Olympics while teaching them core math skills of counting, sorting, and graphing.
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
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31. Practice Olympic Winter Sports Vocabulary
This collection of key Olympic words makes an excellent addition to a pocket chart for practice during circle time or to reinforce other reading comprehension activities.
Age Group: Elementary
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32. Read an Emergent Book About the Olympic Games
This emergent reader introduces students to some key winter sports during the Winter Olympics and includes bold vocabulary words to support sight word practice.
Age Group: Elementary
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33. Practice Literacy Skills
This collection of Olympic-themed guided reader books come complete with comprehension quizzes, graphic organizers and reading response pages to enhance student learning.
Age Group: Elementary
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34. Play Olympic Games Bingo
What better way to enjoy the Winter Olympics than with a game of Bingo? This free printable can make a great addition to a family game night or be used as a brain break during an Olympics unit.
Age Group: Elementary
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35. Conduct an Olympic Medal Tally
This fun and easy math idea is a great way to get kids excited about viewing the Olympic games.
Age Group: Elementary
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