Our coloring page section is one of the most popular areas of
Activity Village, and we have really gone to town this week - adding new
coloring pages for Diwali, Thanksgiving and Bonfire Night. I hope you
enjoy them! If you scroll down to "What's New" below, you'll see that
Sarah and her boys have also been busy this week with lots more exciting
Halloween crafts to tempt you to raid the craft cupboard and get making
with your kids! And don't forget to check out my Web Picks in the column
on the right...
UK mums - can you tell a story? If so, you could win a trip to
Lapland for your family with Munch Bunch. More
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What's New At Activity Village?
We have more great Halloween crafts this week - including some paper cup
characters,
wooden spoon puppets, brilliant handprint and footprint ghosts and lots more quick and easy craft
ideas. Halloween crafts
Also for Halloween, let the kids get busy with a puppet show! Cut out and make a
set of Halloween and Monster finger puppets and see what the children will come
up with!
For our UK visitors, here are 3 new Bonfire Night colouring pages
featuring fireworks, sparklers and - of course - bonfires! Bonfire Night colouring pages
And we also have 4 gorgeous new Diwali colouring pages for you to
enjoy! Diwali colouring pages
We've started a new theme at Activity Village this week, on India (to
coincide with Diwali, which is celebrated on
28th October this year). You'll find flag printables, notebooking pages,
some fuse bead craft ideas like this gorgeous Indian elephant, and more
to come over the next few weeks... India for Kids
While on the subject of Diwali, why not try making one of our fuse bead rangoli designs and a diya? Diwali Fuse Bead Patterns
Diary Of A New
Mum - Week 24
Tedious teething
In which Jessica-Ann starts teething - and I realize that I still have a lot to
learn.
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"If a man smiles in his own house someone is sure to ask him for money."
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Have You Seen?
We have four really cute autumn jigsaws for your kids to try. You can
play our jigsaws right away or download them and save them for later -
in fact, you can even collect them and burn them onto a CD to give to
friends or family! Autumn jigsaws
Something To Think About..
"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our
children." Charles R. Swindoll
A Poem To Enjoy
If I can help somebody, as I pass along,
If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song,
If I can show somebody he is travelling wrong,
Then my living shall not be in vain. Alma B. Androzzo
Delightful animated stories from around the world - you can watch or
just listen, and there are activities for each story too. You need to
register, but it is free. http://www.storycove.com/
Excellent "make your own worksheet" site which can generate some really
nice looking maths worksheets to your specification. The worksheet
generators on this page are free; there is also a subscriber only area
which we haven't checked out. If you are homeschooling or just want to
provide extra maths help at home, this is well worth a look. http://themathworksheetsite.com/
This site offers a large selection of completely free MP3s of children's
music, to download and listen to on your computer or burn onto CD. http://freekidsmusic.com/
This teacher and author's website is a real find: full of inspiring
reading ideas for all ages of children and young adults. You will find
ideas to encourage children to read (and write) as well as reviews and
suggested reading lists by age group. Well worth a good browse!
http://www.joancarrisbooks.com/
Here is a "Good Deeds" chart which you can use to encourage your kids to
remember to brush their teeth and make their bed, amongst other things!
Print one out for each month of the year.
http://www.northpole.com/Academy/GoodDeeds/
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