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Activity Village News

27th June 2008

Activity Village Newsletter - Keeping Kids Busy!

Hang the Better Behavior Wheel on your kitchen wall, and the atmosphere in your home will change overnight. It's guaranteed! Watch the dramatic changes as homework gets done, clothes get picked up, arguing stops...in short, the Better Behavior Wheel produces great kids and a stress free environment!
Get the Wheel!

A Message From Lindsay

Firstly I would like to say a big welcome to all our new members, and apologise that there has been such a wait between newsletters! All being well we will be back on a weekly schedule from now on, and we will be archiving newsletters on the website in the future so that you can find that particular craft, puzzle or website that you enjoyed easily again!

Has summer arrived in the UK at last? Kids will be breaking up for the long summer holidays in a fortnight or so, and once again the schools are winding down. We will be bringing you lots of good ideas over the next few weeks to help you keep your kids entertained over the holidays, both from Activity Village and other sites. You will find links to some recommended sites in the box on the right side of this page.

Can I just remind everyone to check the blog often by clicking the "What's New" link on the menu above? We are making a big effort to keep it updated with the latest additions to the site, as and when we make them, and also to bring you website recommendations, videos and reviews from elsewhere. Those of you with a feed aggregator can subscribe to the RSS feed and be updated quickly and easily.

What's New At Activity Village?

Canada Day Printables
Canada Day
We've added new coloring pages, Happy Canada Day cards, puzzles and some really super crafts to the Canada Day pages this week. Canadian visitors - and anybody else interested in learning a little about Canada - please take a look!

Patriotic crafts and printables
Patriotic Crafts and Printables
Perfect for Canada Day, July Fourth, the Summer Olympics - or just when the urge strikes you to be patriotic! We have pulled together our existing patriotic crafts and are adding new ones all the time, including these very cute T-shirts modelled by Jack and Sam, Sarah's boys.

"Thank you for being a great teacher" card
It's almost the end of the school year and you may, like many other parents, be desperately trying to think of a present for your child's teacher which will show your appreciation - and be appreciated! We have lots of ideas for you on our Teacher Appreciation pages, as well as some fun new thank you cards to print.
Teacher Appreciation

Narnia is about to hit our screens again, with the second film, Prince Caspian, just released. Head on over to our Narnia pages to find puzzles, printables, craft ideas and lots of ideas for related activities...
Narnia

Summer Olympics
And don't forget to check out our Summer Olympics pages! We have some really fun ideas here to get the kids involved and interested, and I have even more worksheets, crafts and activities (including those great Olympic biscuits in the photo above) waiting to go up on the site this weekend or early next week.
Summer Olympics

New Coloring Pages

Olympic rings coloring page
Olympic Games coloring pages

Beijing Olympic mascots coloring page
Beijing Olympic mascots coloring pages

Take a moment to learn more about the Beijing Olympic mascots (the Fuwa) and the very clever symbolism behind them.

Deer coloring page
Animal coloring pages Lots NEW!
And lots more to come!

More New Printables


Printable rosettes, badges or medals
Perfect for rewarding children at home or school, these rosettes or badges come with "Superstar", "World's Best Blank", "Number 1" and "Blank is a star". Fun, and useful!

Pretty in pink baby shower invitation
Baby shower invitations

Have You Seen?

Bubble recipe
Blowing Bubbles

If the summer has come to your neck of the woods, why not celebrate with a massive bubble blowing session in the garden! Check out our page just for Bubble Blowing, which includes a recipe for bubble mixture, ideas for making bubble wands, other bubbly activities (perfect for the summer) and bubble blowing links to enjoy.
Bubble Blowing

A Giggle!

Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners.
Anonymous

Something To Cook With Your Kids This Weekend..


Jumbles - a delicious, gingery biscuit which kids will enjoy cooking - and eating!

Something To Think About..

"Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good."
Pam Brown

Fit Yummy Mummy Workout
Lose fat and get fit - diet and exercise program
designed specially for busy moms!

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Lindsay's Web Picks

Those of you who enjoy paper models will go wild over this site, which is absolutely packed full of wonderful printables, many educational (and some very difficult). Enough to fill up a year of rainy days, and use up quite a lot of printer ink too!
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/index.html

Very good site about bullying with advice and very useful downloadable booklets for both parents and kids 
http://bullies2buddies.com/manual/kids/index.html

Excellent game for 8-12 year olds
http://www.globalgang.org/funandgames/
games/citizenship/game.htm
After a storm, children from around the world and very diverse backgrounds are lost at sea. Survival skills are needed to get the ‘Global Gang’ home safely. The only way back to land is by completing a series of tasks, including building a shelter, fishing for food, collecting water and navigating through dangerous waters. As each child has special skills which contribute to the team effort, the game cleverly introduces the concepts of respect and co-operation.

There are some very cute labels to print out here for Holly Hobbie fans
http://www.landolakes.com/promotions/
HHFreeGiftGivingLabels.cfm

99 ways to say "very good"
http://www.careerlab.com/99ways.htm

Free printable cards – choose your design and personalise your greeting before you print or email these cards for all occasions (includes some new coloring cards which we particularly like).
https://www.mycardmaker.com/flash.html?

Lots and lots and lots of nursery rhymes to print out
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/
wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm

Beautiful "capital letter" coloring pages for older kids featuring realistic animals and foliage.
http://www.everythingpreschool.com/
coloringpages/Alphabet-Coloring-Book.php

Four letter words – what to do about it when children start using them!
http://www.nncc.org/Guidance/
sac14_4letter.words.html

Wonderful bookplates to print for your children
http://www.myhomelibrary.org/bookplates.html

This is an animated maths dictionary for kids with over 600 definitions – well worth a look
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

(For seasonal and holiday links please also see: Summer links, Canada Day links and 4th of July links).

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