Kids Sports
Check today’s sports page with your kids. The New York Times sports page is good. You’ll have to ‘register’ yourself with the New York Times website before you can get to it. There’s no charge and you can use an alias if you want.
Sports Illustrated for Kids Be aware that this site is full of games and ads. If you don’t like the commercials you see on kids commercial television programming, you won’t like the ads here.
US Olympic Teams’ Base Camp for kids There’s a lot here. A favorite: the cartoons about persistence, teamwork, and discipline.
The Southeastern Conference offers a Free STAR Sportsmanship CD-ROM. This unique, 40-minute interactive learning program is designed for 6-14 year old boys and girls.
Crafts
Sports and Olympics Activities at DLTK’s Crafts for Kids. Choose from awards to make, math pages and more.
Games
Games Kids Play lists rules of outdoor games. The list has about 40 rhymes for jump rope.
Health & Injury Prevention
Kids Health‘s website provides info for parents, kids and teens. The kids section, in particular, features animated movies about how the body works, activities, and articles about health, feelings, food, and exercise.
PE Central The Premier Website for Health and Physical Education teachers, parents, and students provides the latest information about developementally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth.
President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports health, physical activity, fitness and sports information website.
Smartplay helps to educate children playing sport, to warm up gear up and drink up.
Olympics
Paris
Torino
February 10-26, 2006 Torino 2006 Olympics.
Athens
The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (Summer Olympic Games – Athens 2004) were held in Athens, Greece.
The Olympic Flame, or Olympic Fire, is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. The Olympic Games endured at Olympia for over 1,000 years before the rise of Christianity consigned them to history until the first modern games were held in Athens in 1896.March 25, 2004 – Lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia.
In an educator’s resource to the 2004 Olympics in Athens from the Embassy of Greece, you will be able to find out more about the Athens Games (August 13-29, 2004) and to see some lessons plans about the Olympics which are free to download in pdf.
Celebrate at home with these great Greek Recipes! Learn about the history of olive oil. Read Greece’s International English Language Newspaper.
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History of the Olympic Games, by Constantine L. Sirracos The immense history of the Greeks includes the development of athletic ideals that found expression during the 5th century BC in great hellenic sanctuaries of Olympia, Delphi, Isthmus and Nemea. This book contains the complete history of the games which was finally inaugurated at 776 BC and still remains the only single event in mans history that is widely celebrated.
The Ancient Greek Olympics, by Richard Woff A well-written and succinct examination of the ancient games. The book covers each of the five days of the Olympics, with the athletic and religious events of each day discussed. Modern renderings with models of the site give a sense of the layout. Other pictures in the book are mostly taken from period ceramics and statues. Techniques used by the participants in the various sports are discussed and contrasted with those used by modern athletes.
Recipes
Make Sidewalk Chalk and more with these craft recipes from Homeschooling on a Shoestring.
Songs
NCAA College Football Fight Songs Music has a large collection of college football fight songs most in MP3 format.
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