Funny videos about how to speak Chinese for Beijing Olympics

Jill Manty — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:26:32 +0000

These were really cute videos about how to pronounce Beijing (hint: it’s a “j”, not a “zh” sound, and most newscasters are getting it wrong), how to do the official Chinese Olympic cheer and a bit about the other locations that are hosting Olympic events.

Using the Olympics as a teaching opportunity

Jill Manty — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:10:17 +0000

As a homeschooling Mom, I’m always on the lookout for educational opportunities. The Olympics provides a lot of them. From teaching your kids about other countries (including geography, popular activities, etc.) to educating them on current events (the Olympics, Tibet, etc.), you could spend every day from now until the end of the Olympics and beyond studying subjects related to the summer Olympics.

Here are a few links to help you out if you need ideas:

Article with really good recommendations on using unusual sports to study other cultures

Lots of summer Olympics activities

Brief, kid-friendly summary of summer Olympic sports

Scholastic Olympic research tools

Feel free to share your favorite learning ideas or educational websites related to the Olympics in the comment section.

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Funny videos about how to speak Chinese for Beijing Olympics

Using the Olympics as a teaching opportunity