Guest Posts

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Since August 2017 we have featured a weekly guest post, sharing ways in which Activity Village resources can be used for learning at home, crafts with your own children, or group craft activities. There is lots of inspiration here!

Guest Posts at Activity Village

Guest Post - Capturing Holiday Memories

Last year, we went to Snowdonia on holiday and, despite their young age, the older two children remember an awful lot of that holiday. This year we went north to a small village close to Stirling.

Guest Post - Encouraging Reluctant Writers

My eldest is a bit of a perfectionist – he dislikes it when he makes errors, and, despite my best efforts to assure him that making errors is all part of the learning process it can have the effect of making him quite reluctant to practise certain

Guest Post - Finger Puppet Fun

I was searching through the printables section on Activity Village a little while ago and came across the finger puppets.

Guest Post - Telling Time

We seem to be in one of our telling time phases and the kids have been using some of the teaching clocks from the website.

Guest Post - Three Butterfly Suncatchers

A few weeks ago I was looking for good templates to use to make suncatchers with a craft group I run which is aimed at children aged 11 plus (the adults do tend to join in too!) I decided that our

Guest Post - Exploring 2D Shapes

We have been doing quite a bit of geometry with my oldest lately so I was thrilled to see all the new shape pages that were added. We especially love all the different use

Guest Post - We've Been to the Zoo!

We recently went to the London Zoo for the first time, and the kids loved seeing all the animals and hearing about the interesting conservation projects they are involved in.

Guest Post - Having Fun With Playdough Mats

We love playdough at our house. My mum ran a playgroup when I was younger, and so there was always a batch of playdough being made.

Guest Post - Getting Ready for the World Cup

With only a few more days to go before World Cup 2018, I thought I’d share some ways to get children involved and excited.

Guest Post - Enjoying the Famous People Pages

One of the sections that we have been using more and more over the last few months is the Famous People section. Whether we are learning about a historical peri

Guest Post - Ice Cream Maths

I recently spotted the Ice Cream Counting Printable on the site and immediately thought it would be perfect for some maths practice. The set comes wit

Guest Post - Enjoying the Secret Seven!

My two kids recently discovered the Secret Seven series by Enid Blyton.