FHE Olympics

For FHE this week, we focused on the 2008 Olympic games. We began by looking at a map of the world and finding where China is in relation to the USA. Since Joseph and I visited China in 2000, we showed the kids several picture from our trip so they could see some famous sites and things that make China unique. We also talked about the olympic rings (how they represent the 5 regions of the earth coming together for the games) and then colored pictures of them.

Then we went outside for the real fun--our own backyard olympics (thanks for so many great ideas Brittany and Camille :) We have been watching the games throughout the day at our house and Bentley has loved picking out the American athletes and cheering for them in their races and events. On Monday night he was so excited to get physical and try some sports for himself. It's a good thing Cares is such a fiesty princess because she got totally involved and loved racing and playing with her brother (even in her denim skirt and sparkly pink tennis shoes!)

The discus/frisbee throw

Target shooting

I wanted to take a turn too :)

Our version of the "high jump" (above and below)

The 20 meter dash--look at those guys go!!

the gold medals the kids earned after competing in all the events

We also did the long jump, shot-put (with a soft toy ball), and "fastest slider" down the playset slide. The kids had such a good time--it was definitely worth the extra planning and effort. Now, how will we transition back to our more calm and collected FHE lessons? :)