Activity Village News
16th January 2009
A Message From Lindsay
We've had some wonderful feedback from readers in the last few weeks. If you are
one of the people who have written in, thank you! Those of you who have written
in confirm that worksheets, printables of all kinds, colouring pages and crafts
are your favourite activities - so we will keep them coming!
Birthdays are of course the biggest event in most children's year, and we
recently realised that our birthday pages needed a huge facelift. So this week
we have started the process with some new birthday printables (including some of
our very popular "fold-ups") and we'll be adding a lot more over the next few
months.
We are also looking ahead to Valentine's Day
and St David's Day - and please don't forget
that MLK Day, Chinese
New Year, and Groundhog Day are coming up
too!
What's New At Activity Village?
Enclose a money or gift card present in one of our 11 new Birthday Gift
Envelopes
Birthday Gift Envelopes
Or just print one of the same 11 gorgeous designs as a birthday card
Free Printable Birthday
Cards
We've add lots of new animal colouring pages this week - 37 to be exact,
including new African animals, Australian animals and farm animals!
Animal colouring pages
We've also added 5 more colouring pages to our pets section:
Pets colouring pages
St David's Day is coming up, so we've been looking at famous Welsh men
and women to add to our stock of writing frames / notebooking pages and
mini booklets
Famous Welsh men and
women notebooking pages and mini booklets
It's not too long until Valentine's Day, and those of you with lots
of cards to send might want to start planning now! We have a wonderful
new collection of Valentine Cards which your kids can make themselves -
what better way to celebrate Valentine's Day!
Making your own Valentine Cards
You can also have some fun with our new
Valentine's Day printables...
Baby Photo Of The Week
Diary of a New Mum Week 32
My Lazy Thyroid
In which I discover that there is a reason for my tiredness, aching joints
and weight gain...
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A Giggle!
"My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own parenthood,
but it didn't because parenting can be learned only by people who have
no children."
Bill Cosby
Reader Tip of the Week
Thank you to Hannah for this useful tip:
My two children have a “tomorrow” basket each, which live on the landing
outside their bedrooms, next to their school backpacks. If they want to
take something to school that doesn’t go into their backpacks, they put
it there. They also use it in the evening when they put tomorrow’s
outfit out all ready to go. Since we started doing this our mornings are
much more peaceful and easy, and my 7 year old has become very good at
planning. The kids recently went to stay with Nanna and Grandad for a
weekend and she packed for herself and her younger brother and didn’t
forget one thing!
Have You Seen?
Games for younger children, outdoor games, indoor games, quiet games, noisy
games - whatever you need for your birthday party, we have it here! You'll also
find advice for choosing the right games, planning, supervising and enjoying the
experience!
Birthday Party Games
Something To Think About..
"One day most of the family was together in the mailroom, busily
sorting through stacks of letters. Will was on the floor playing. He
looked up and said, "Mommy, Daddy can't move his arms anymore."
Dana said, "That's right, Daddy can't move his arms."
"And Daddy can't run around anymore."
"That's right; he can't run around anymore."
"And Daddy can't talk."
"That's right; he can't talk right now, but he will be able to."
Then Will paused, screwed up his face in concentration, and burst out
happily, "But he can still smile."
Christopher Reeve, from "Still Me ", 1952-2004
"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."
Carl Sandburg
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