Teacher Life Ideas & School Appreciation Activities

The Winter Olympics are one of those rare events students actually hear about outside of school. Suddenly everyone has an opinion about figure skating, snowboarding, curling, or some sport they had never watched before. That excitement is useful. The Olympics can connect to geography, history, reading, math, perseverance, culture, and current events. The trick is using the energy without creating a giant project you do not have time to manage. Here are three Winter Olympics classroom activities that bring the games into your room without making your planning life harder. 1. Design a new Winter Olympic event This is a fun one because students get to be creative, but they…