Kiddie Olympics: Texas Style...

With the winter Olympics upon us, we took time recently for a mini unit study on the Olympics. The boys and I had so much fun. We learned about the origins of the Olympics in Greece, studied the Greek alphabet, learned about the modern Olympic games, the Olympic flag, the different events, a study on Sochi and then wrapped the whole study up with our own "Olympics." Try coming up with winter events for your kids when you live in Texas! :) But we did come up with a few: the wagon bobsled, skateboard skeleton, the Nordic wall jump,  the zip climb, and a plain old race.  The boys loved it.

 Opening ceremony: both boys held their own Olympic "torch" to light the giant "flame."

 The skateboard skeleton required good form (arms straight back) and proper protective head gear!

 For the Nordic wall jump, the competitors displayed their creativity and bravery as they leapt from very near the top of the wall, dazzling us with their amazing jumps.

 And finally the zip climb. For this event, the boys had to travel down the hill to the climbing tree via the zip line (below), climb the tree, and then while in the tree use their rubber band guns to shoot at a target below the deck (above). Alex loved this one.

So we're all geared up now and ready for two weeks of winter Olympic sports on the telly.  

Faster! Higher! Stronger!