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Activity Village News23rd February 2007
I love finding ways to keep the kids busy and use up
bits and pieces I have lying around the house at the same time - and I
came across a super video of a mother and daughter making hand-made
recycled paper. Despite some rather irritating background music it shows
very clearly the process from start to finish and I liked the idea so
much that we are going to try it at home as soon as I can lay my hand on
a mould and deckle! Also on my travels this week I came across this idea
for a growing
willow wigwam, which will grow with your child! How I wish I had made
one of these a few years ago!
If you have any behavioral issues with your kids, you might want
to check out the
Better Behavior Wheel,
from Robert and Julie Butler. We've been recommending it at Activity
Village for nearly two years now and have had great feedback from
purchasers (as well as resorting to it ourselves on occasion!)
Available as a real product (sent internationally) or as a digital
download, the Better Behavior Wheel allows you to set consequences for
undesirable behavior that fit your family - and the unusual and very
clever twist of having to spin the wheel to discover your punishment
works wonders to take the stress out of the situation for the parent and
reinforce the message for the child. This is an excellent product and we
recommend it highly.
WHAT'S NEW AT ACTIVITY VILLAGE?
Some more "camouflage" animals - our unusual coloring pages for
older kids with a hidden surprise or two - to add to our
African animals theme
We also have some African animal scrapbook paper designs to use
in your classroom and crafty projects
If your children have enjoyed the book or film of Charlotte's Web
you might like to take a look at our new Charlotte's Web theme page for a huge
collection of fun related activities, including some new printables and crafts.
More animal masks to print (including a monkey, elephant, frog
and more) are available here
We have added some new spiral design scrapbook papers to print in
Spring colors
St David's Day (1st March) St Patrick's Day (17th March) Lots NEW! Mother's Day (UK) (18th March) Easter (8th April) Lots NEW! HAVE YOU SEEN? Some
of our favorite printables on the site are these "quote" bookmarks,
aimed at older kids, intended to inspire and motivate. The graphics are
lovely too. ACTIVITY VILLAGE POLL Here are the results of last week's poll, which asked "How much would you normally spend on your child's birthday gifts?":
This week's poll asks "Should
Mother's Day be banned in schools?". One
of our readers suggested we put the question to the vote when she read
this article in the Daily Mail. THIS WEEK'S POEM Each day I learn more
THIS WEEK'S QUOTE “To laugh often and much; to win
the respect of intelligent Back to Newsletter Archives |
TRACY'S WEBSITE SUGGESTIONS Tracy lives in Portsmouth, UK, and is a home-schooling mother to 4 girls. Each week she will be suggesting websites or individual web pages for us to visit. And remember, if you come across anything outstanding or particularly useful that you think others would enjoy, we would like to hear about it. (editor@activityvillage.co.uk) Here are Tracy's suggested sites for this week:
St. John’s Ambulance have audio files available for downloading to an
iPod or MP3 player here so you can have first aid instructions available
to you at all times. If
Valentine’s Day has had you thinking about chocolate then why not have
some fun making virtual chocolate in this on-line game!
Check out this interactive storybook which can be personalized with your
child’s name, lots of fun and good for early computer skills too. An
excellent website full of information and ideas for cooking with kids;
check out the videos too.
Find out all about shoes and design your own on-line in the Shoe
Workshop.
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