Olympics 2021

Welcome to week 16 of  Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021. This week our letter of the alphabet is the letter O and I thought I'd share a couple of resources to get you looking at the Olympics as it commences tomorrow!  It's certainly going to be a different one this year and a year late to boot.  My co-host Desiree at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is O is for Olympics.

This year the summer Olympic Games are being hosted in Tokyo from the 23 July 2021 to the 8 August 2021.  The Paralympic Games are being hoted from the 24 August to the 5th of September.  I'm quite excited about these games as Australia has a homeschool student - Oceana Mackenzie who is competing in the new sport climbing division. We also have extended family - Kate French from the United Kingdom modern pentathlon team competing as well. Wow and as I was writing this it was announced that in 4021 days Brisbane Queensland will be hosting the 2032 Olympic Games.

The Olympic Creed

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." Olympic Creed 

The Olympic Charter

"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." –Olympic Charter

Future Olympics

• Winter Olympics - Beijing 2022 (History of the Winter Olympic Games.{History and Interesting Facts} Did you know that the oldest Olympic medalist was 72 when he won two gold medals ?)
• Summer Olympics - Paris 2024
• Winter Olympics - Milano Cortina 2026
  
• Summer Olympics - LA 2028
• Winter Olympics - Japan 2030
• Summer Olympics - Brisbane Australia 2032
  

 Resources

• FREE Homeschool Unit Study - The Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 from Sonlight. Nine days of lesson plans and activities about Japan.
• Olympic Games Tokyo on Teachers Pay Teachers
• Lesson Planet - Tokyo, Japan
  
• Over 200 resources on my Olympics Pinterest Board
• Learn More from the Summer Olympics with Unit Study Resources over at As We Walk Along The Road.
• Olympic and Country Flag Coloring Pages over at Nest of Posies Blog. 
• Olympic Mascot History Did you know that Olympic Mascots were approved for the first time in 1972 ? Did you know that mascots are traditionally revealed three years before the official Olympic event ?  Be sure to read about other trivia and pictures from mascot history.
• List of Children's Books about the Olympics over at I Can Teach My Child.
• If you're looking for some resources on Winter Olympics I shared a list over here: Winter Olympics 

What are some of YOUR best Olympic study/investigation resources?

Chareen

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Find the other ABC posts in this series here:

1. A is for Art Lessons at Home
2. B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours? 
3. Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts 
4. Delight Directed Education
5. Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers
6. For the Children's Sake  
7. G is for Geography
8. Homeschool Bloggers  
9. Instagramers to follow who are homeschooling
10. Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
11. Know Yourself - Stop the Comparison Game  
12. Life Skills in Your Homeschool
13. Math Resource for Home Education
14. Netflix in Your Homeschool
15. Olympics 2021
    

Featured from last week the letter N...

• N is for Ninjago over at Our Homeschool Notebook
  
•  No Longer Wanted from A Net in Time
• N is for Names from A Mom's Quest to Teach
• Discovering the N Bunnies of the World from At Home Pets
• N is for saying NO from A Net in Time
• Nelson  (composers ABC) from At Home: Where Life Happens
• Letter N Homeschool Tips from Homeschooling Highway

This Week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is O is for Olympics. 

 

Please link up your posts starting with the letter O for this weeks ABC Blogging