Are you looking for Olympics activities for kids? Will you be watching the Opening Ceremonies together as a family?
When I was a kid, I loved to watch the Olympics, beginning with the opening ceremonies. I am passing on this tradition to my kids, and wanted to make it a little more interactive. I researched which countries are participating in this winter’s Olympics, and put together a scavenger hunt for families to do together.
Click here to download the Olympics Opening Ceremonies Flag Scavenger Hunt! While you’re watching the Opening Ceremonies, earn:
- 1 point for finding the team and flag
- 1 point for naming the country
- 1 point for naming the continent
If you want to really challenge your geography skills, take a globe out and find the countries as you go. Work together as a family or compete against each other to find all of the flags! Let me know on facebook how you do.
Did you know that KidWorldCitizen is filled with activities to help teach your kids about the world?
Follow us on pinterest, facebook, and twitter for thousands of new ideas: dance and listen to world music, work on multicultural art projects, build your geography awareness with map activities, globalize movie night with foreign films for kids, taste food from around the world with our easy global recipes, snuggle up with our recommended multicultural literature, and more! Whether you are a homeschooler, a teacher, or a parent interested in increasing global awareness in your kids- we have activities for you.
When you join our community on facebook, you can engage with other globally-minded parents and teachers, and exchange ideas on how to expose to kids to another language, family travel tips, find a pen-pal, and ways to learn about world cultures and increase global awareness no matter where you live. I love connecting with parents and teachers from around the world- and I know you will too!
This is such a cute idea! I’m going to share this on Facebook and Twitter Friday morning so others can grab their copy ahead of the opening ceremonies!
I have printed and am very ready to use tonight! I will be sharing on FB as well!
Thank you! We can’t wait for the Olympics and this will be fun during the opening Ceremonies! Going to pin and share.
Such a fun idea!
I love your idea to slip in some geography by using the flags from the Olympics. So perfect for my 6th grader who is learning the countries from around the world in Social Studies AND is interested in watching the Olympics tonight!
My kids were so excited that the flags I had were actually in the Opening Ceremonies, though we missed a couple. We never saw Ethiopia, but on the Winter Olympics page it says they have an athlete. I’m wondering what happened:)??? But they loved the activity.
This is a great and simple activity to really be aware of the world coming together for such a wonderful event! Thanks for linking up too! I’m pinning now in hopes people see it right as they’re getting ready to watch!
My son had so much fun doing this. Best. Geography. Lesson. Ever.
Awesome!!!! I am so glad you liked it!!! 🙂
Do you happen to have an answer key? I love this for my campers, we are doing an Olympic Week. But I am embarrassed to say I do not know all of the answers myself! Thanks!
Oooh, good call!!! I will make one!!! 🙂