Beijing Olympics 2008 Lapbook and Unit Study

We are starting our school year on Monday the 28^th of July. We will be starting our year by studying the Olympics of 2008 and China. When we get done I will post pictures of our lapbooks but for now here are some of the sites I found with great stuff to use for a unit on the Olympics of 2008 in Beijing. Here are the links

This site has a great lapbook for the 2008 Summer Olympics with great mini books

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/summer_olympics_2008_lapbook.php

it also takes you to a country lapbook which has many useful additions that you can use to study China or another country http://www.homeschoolshare.com/country_lapbook.php

official site of the Beijing Olympics 2008

http://en.beijing2008.cn/

lots of links here

http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/olympics.php

great Olympic clip art

http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/olympiccoloringpages.cfm

this site has tons of information you can use for your lapbook or unit study on the Olympics

http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/primer_frmst.htm

a bunch of printables here at the following related sites

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/countries/china/index.htm

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/seasonal/summer-olympics/index.htm

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/summer-olympics.htm

free worksheets at this site
http://www.teachinglearning.com/free-teaching-ideas-display.php?type=C

Olympic Crafts - the top link has crafts specific to Olympics the link under that has very cute "paper dolls" (not just for girls) of different cultures and different sports that would be especially good for your Olympic unit and other friends for other units... these are soooooo cute :-)

http://www.makingfriends.com/olympic_crafts.htm

http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f_themes.htm

site with lots of links

http://www.kidsturncentral.com/links/2008olympics.htm

teacher resources

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/olympic-games/teacher-resources/6651.html

site with a long list of links

http://surfaquarium.com/NEWSLETTER/olympics2008.htm

link to stuff at enchanted learning... some free some only if you have a membership

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/sports/olympics.shtml

Chinese Proverbs

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/proverb.html#legs

homeschooling on a shoestring – Olympic links

http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/07/08/olympics-2008/

Olympic Lesson Plans

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/physical_ed/olympic/

there are a lot of free worksheets for the Olympics and for individual sports at

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/Free_Printables.htm

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/summerolympics_6.htm

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/summerolympics.htm?nl=1

Olympics Printables for Your Kids

http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/free-olympics-theme-worksheets/article82353.html

if that does not work try this tiny url shortcut

http://tinyurl.com/587n5q

Olympic Printables - some really cute things here

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/olympic_printables.htm

a site with some crafts

http://crafts.kaboose.com/olympics-index.html

Olympic Sports for Homeschool

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/071304.htm

coloring pages for all different sports

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/cpsports.htm

lots of Olympic coloring pages and other activities

http://www.dltk-kids.com/sports/index.html

this site has many pictures of sites around Beijing and other cities in China

http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/virtual_china/beijing.html

this site has a few pdf files that you can download... it also has links to some other sites... most of this was from the 2006 winter games in Italy but some of it is ok

http://www.teachingheart.net/olympics.html

this site has a bunch of links to other sites

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Olympics/

worksheets on vocabulary for the Olympics in Beijing

http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/olympics/olympics.html

Beijing Olympic Sports Flashcards

http://flashcardplazza.com/index.php/Sport/Beijing-Olympics-list-of-sports.html

Preschool Arts and Crafts

http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/olympics/art.htm

well.... that should be enough to start you out... if I find any more great sites I will post another blog list

Debbie