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Do you have Olympic fever?  I do.  I have always loved watching the Olympics since I can remember.  When I was younger, my cousins and my sister and I would pretend we were figure skaters with our socks on linoleum flooring.  I thought it would be fun to incorporate the Olympic fever into some math activities for my classroom this year.  Below are some samples:





Currently in my classroom, we just finished celebrating 100 days of school and have started a unit on skip counting in our math curriculum.  Also, I added in some common core skills with some algebraic operations in creating ten with addition.  I know that these are skills in math for most kindergarten classrooms at this time of year.  As much as I wanted to add some things in about Sochi, Russia or add some USA pride in it, I tried to make it as neutral as possible to provide usability again in four years and for other kindergarten teachers worldwide to use it.  I think it is a fun way to incorporate the excitement children may have watching the Olympics and dreaming about it into the classroom, especially in math, which can be hard to make interesting for everyone.  I also have included a graph activity so the class can find out their favorite winter sport!  You can find it at Miss Amy's Schoolhouse on TeachersPayTeachers or at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Olympics-Kindergarten-Math-Activites-1105849.  

Enjoy and be blessed!!