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Winter Olympics Themed Books

The Winter Olympic Games are held every four years for sports that are practiced on snow and ice. Here are some of our favorite children’s picture books about winter olympics. This is the perfect time to talk with your child about what sports are played during the Winter Olympics and follow along from home with your learn about the worlds most talented athletics from all over the globe!

Here’s some of my favorite Winter Sports books to celebrate the Winter Olympics!

Books About the Winter Olympic by The Educators' Spin On It #olympics #eduspin

Winter Olympics are on their way and it’s time to prepare our kids for all the amazing winter sports they will discover this year in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. They are February 7 through February 23 so now’s the time to start grabbing books to prepare our children through literature.

UPDATE: 2018 Winter Olympics kick off February 9th in PyeongChang, Korea. Click for more INFO

I took a little trip to the library to start finding out what options are available with books and discovered there are not that many in my local library.  I have quite a few of these on hold and can’t wait for them to come in.  Plus I’ve selected a couple on Amazon to buy.  Here are some of the Olympic Books I can’t wait to share with my kids.

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Winter Olympics Themed  Books

 

I’ve linked each of this up to our Amazon Affiliate account just in case you decide you want to purchase one. We could receive a small portion of the sale in return to help support The Educators Spin On It.  All Opinions are written on my own.

 

Non Fiction Books about the Winter Olympics

I encourage you to read several non fiction books with your child during the Olympics it’s creates an opportunity for many teachable moments for your child.  If you’re lucky enough you may live in a place where you’d get to also go out and experience these Winter Olympic Sports. Which sport do you think will be your child’s favorite to discover?

 

  

Story Books about Winter Olympics Sports

There are so many Fiction books I can’t wait for my child to experience.  I’m sure many will also be great story prompts for our writing as well.  Penguins, Camels, Rhinos, Dinosaurs you name it you can find books with Winter Sports and a variety of characters.

 

 

 

 

 

The Winter Olympics are less that a month away!  Are your children ready to experience memories of a lifetime?  Which Gold Medalist do you think the will remember?  Do you have a specific Sport you want to make sure they watch with you?  The Olympics provide so many teachable moments for learning about our world as well as we teach our children about diversity and raising Global Kids.
Want to learn how to create art with chalk pastels for the olympics?  Here’s how to sign up for this Winter Games Art Course with You Are An Artist. 
Winter Games Video Art Lessons on computer with Olympic Torch
Here are a few resources to get you started.  We’ll be pinning all month long resources we find onto our Olympic Pinterest Board .  If you have one please share it in the comments below!

 

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Click now to find 30+ Olympic Themed Activities to go with these books.  

What is your Favorite Winter Olympics Sports?

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Filed Under: Cultural Education Tagged With: Kim, Olympics, Raising Global Kids, Winter Olympics

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Amanda Boyarshinov says

    January 9, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    My kids adore Callie Cat Ice Skater this year. I think it is simply marvelous because she doesn't "win" the competition, but finds the name for the pure, melting sweetness she feels when she skates.

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  2. Lisa Nelson says

    January 16, 2014 at 6:54 am

    Love ice skating. What a great set of books for the kids to enjoy while the olympics are happening. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the #homeschoollinkup!

    Reply
  3. Amy Delmanto says

    January 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    Congratulations! I featured your post on my blog!

    Reply
  4. Cristy says

    January 25, 2014 at 4:27 pm

    Thanks! This is a great list! I was able to find several of these at our library. We love the Tacky the Penguin series anyway, but haven't read this one yet. Looking forward to it.

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  5. t says

    January 30, 2014 at 8:08 am

    We love your list of winter sports books. Great ideas! Thanks for gathering and sharing the information. We have linked to your blog on our post about getting kids excited for the Winter Games.
    http://sassafraspaper.blogspot.com/2014/01/everything-you-need-to-excite-kids-for.html

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  6. Natalie AfterschoolForSmartyPants says

    February 7, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    I remember looking for winter Olympics books 4 years ago, and they were so hard to find. Now there are so many! Great post and thanks for sharing with Afterschool!

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  7. Boy Mama Teacher Mama says

    February 9, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    Great collection! Thanks for sharing with After School!

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  8. Kate says

    February 12, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    As both a teacher and a mom this is an awesome list! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  9. Tina at Mommynificent.com says

    February 14, 2014 at 11:28 am

    This is a great list! I'd love it if you'd come and share it at Booknificent Thursday today at Mommynificent.com!
    Tina

    Reply

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