Activity Village News

12th June 2009

A Message From Lindsay

I love choosing the photos for the newsletter but I have to say that the one above is my all-time favourite! It just puts a smile on my face every time I see it :)

I'd like to say a HUGE thank you to everybody who applied to the draw for testers for our new Vocabulary Busters courses - we had a really wonderful response! Unfortunately that meant that we had a rather large "hat" to pull names out of, so my apologies to those of you that didn't win the free course. We have three winners - Sarah in the UK, Tanya in Australia and Jennifer in the US. I am hugely excited about the courses and hope to be launching the first in the next couple of weeks.

One thing that has come out of the emails I have received over the last week is that we need to bring forward our plans for an "English As A Foreign Language" course, too - so stay tuned!

We've got two very good new articles this week - the top two under the "Latest Articles" heading in the column on the right. If you have a moment, take a look. The first was features on Activity Village in its very early days nearly 9 years ago, and is still as inspiring as it was then - I was very pleased when I came across it in an old file on my computer this week! Colleen brings together some classic creative play ideas which are well worth printing out or jotting down in a notebook to jog your memory when all else fails!

Finally, for UK viewers I am thrilled to tell you that we have a fabulous prize up for grabs for fans of Ice Age - Father's Day tickets to the London premiere of Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs! Details of how to enter here. Ice Age 3 poster

Coming up soon:

21st June - Father's Day
1st July - Canada Day
4th July - Fourth of July
July - end of school year (say thank you to your child's teacher!)
Summer

Jenny sent in this super photo of an Easter work of art, done by her daughter Julia just before she turned 3. I think they've turned out beautifully! You don't have to wait for next Easter to try some handprint painting - we have lots of ideas here:
Handprint Craft Ideas

I also came across a very nice Father's Day version of our origami tie here - and you've still got time to fold your own!
http://scrapbitz.blogspot.com/2009/06/goin-off-to-work.html

If your child has made use of our craft ideas or printables, we'd love to share the results here! Drop me a line by emailing editor-at-activityvillage.co.uk (replace -at- with @)

What's New At Activity Village?

Please don't forget to check out our Father's Day activities - we've got some really lovely ideas this year!

If any of your children have a dolls house or enjoy making models of little houses or rooms, you might like to take a look at our latest printables (some of which might possibly be of interest to scrapbookers too) ...
Dolls house printables

We've added three new Fourth of July scrapbook paper designs - perfect for all sorts of crafty projects!
Fourth of July scrapbook paper

We've added a huge set of notebooking pages, mini notebooks and coloring pages for the US Presidents to our US history printables collection
US History Printables

We've continued to add even more to our Dinosaurs theme page:

Here's a set of dinosaur flashcards with "realistic" images
Dinosaur flashcards NEW!

This set of A3 dinosaur flashcards has realistic images and information - perfect for display, sorting, memory jogging or even a "top trumps" type of game!
Dinosaur flashcards - informational

And last but by no means least, a collection of 13 new dinosaur craft ideas! Sarah and the boys have really excelled themselves and have come up with some really super and imaginative ideas for kids of all ages...
Dinosaur crafts

We've also been continuing to update our popular Coloring Page Database, and the following pages have been checked, added to and otherwise refreshed:

Alvin and the Chipmunks coloring pages
Anastasia coloring pages
Andy Pandy coloring pages
Angel coloring pages
Angelina Ballerina coloring pages
Archie comics coloring pages
Aristocats coloring pages
Arthur And The Invisibles coloring pages (Arthur et les minimoys)
Arthur coloring pages
Atlantis coloring pages
Autumn coloring pages
Back to school coloring pages
Backyardigans coloring pages
Ballet coloring pages

A Giggle!

"All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter.”
Joseph Addison

Editor's note - sadly I don't think we qualify as a "well-regulated" family!

A Video To Enjoy With The Kids..

Run Bunny Run - Cute song, charming video!

NB Please do not allow children to browse video sharing sites unsupervised.

Something To Think About..

"Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow."
Thomas Bray

Subscriber Special

This week's subscriber special is for the grown-ups, not the kids!

A cute card to print
Too blessed to be stressed card

And here is a poster version. Surround the edges of the poster with photos of your family, friends, pets, and anything else that makes you happy!
Too blessed to be stressed poster

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