It is possible to travel to the Olympics with your children using this printable Olympic passport. They won’t get to travel to the Olympic host site using the printable Olympic passport. They will learn about what a passport looks like, review basic facts about themselves, and learn a little bit about the host country as they fill it out. This Olympics for Kids activity will make them feel more a part of the event.
I have updated the passport! The layout is the same. The graphics are a little different. You will see a version of the old one at the bottom of this post.
While they are filling out the passport, children will work on writing their name, address, where they were born, and their home country. They will also get to create an illustration of their home country’s flag and the host country’s flag.
There is a spot for you to glue or tape a picture of each child in their passport. You could also have them draw a picture of themselves if you like.
Getting the Olympic Passport
The calendar is a PDF. Once you have downloaded, the set you will need to open it with a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader.
What could you use the Olympics for a kid’s passport for?
- Pass out the passports when you are going to view part of an event on T.V. It could be like a ticket to view the event.
- Use the passports at an Olympic obstacle course you create in your home or classroom. Place a stamp on the back of the passport for each obstacle they complete.
- Fill out the passports after reading a book about the Olympics or an Olympic event. We like the book Elympics
- Have your class pretend they are going to the Olympics as an athlete. Have them fill out the passport and then write a story about them as an Olympian.
- Put them in a center along with Olympic symbols for the children to explore.
- Assign different children to various Olympic host cities from the past. Have them research that host city’s flag and have them display it in their passport.
- Have your children create an imaginary Olympian and fill out the passport for them. Then have them create journal entries for that athlete’s time at the Olympics.
- Set up a different Olympic event in various rooms in your house. Have your children show their passports as they enter each event.
- Visit our local library with your passports and make looking for books on the host country or the Olympics an event.
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Deirdre Smith writes/owns JDaniel4’s Mom. After twenty years as an elementary school and technology resource teacher in Northern Virginia, she became a stay-at-home mom in upstate South Carolina. Her blog features ways she and her 5-year-old are exploring learning, crafting, creating healthy meals, and living life to its fullest. Deirdre can also be found on Twitter as @jdaniel4smom and on her blog’s FB page. You can also check her out on Google+.
Great idea!
i really love this passport!
This is a terrific idea for learning. And such fun, too!
=)
This looks fun. My daughter would like it.
Such a fun idea! My oldest would love it!!
What a cool idea!
Great ideas here. My kids are a tad too young for most of this, but I lovelovelove the Olympics and I’ve started thinking about ways that I can help my 3 yr old enjoy it too. (Although I don’t think it will take too much effort, I mean… snowboard flips? ski jump?) Visiting form SITS sharefest.
Oh I love love love this idea.. I made a copy of my passport cover and back and then added the pages inside.. What a great idea~!
you are very clever and thoughtful~!
ta ta for now from Iowa:)
I love the printables and activities! Thanks so much for sharing them! I was happy to feature your post as a Free Printable of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page and on Pinterest. 🙂
This is a great printable – you are in a very creative mood lately 🙂 Thanks for sharing it.
What a great way to incorporate writing into Olympic pretend play. I love all of your suggested ideas for using the passports. Thanks for sharing in the Discover and Explore linky. I’m featuring this post today.
I would really love to print this for my summer school children with autism but am unable to see where to print it. Is this still available, it is an awesome thing and I would really like to use it. Could you please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Here is the link for the passport: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B759KN_WzjcvbGJlbnZJb1I0MEU/view?usp=sharing