Guest Post - Spooky Writing
Both kids have surprisingly been enjoying some spooky writing activities lately. I am not really sure what prompted it, the only thing I can think of was that the spook
Guest Blog
Activity Village staff and friends share ideas for how our resources can be used for learning at home, crafts with your own children, or group craft activities. There is lots of inspiration here, so make yourself a big cup of tea, grab a biscuit or two and explore...
Guest Post - Halloween Maths Ideas
We have never done scary witches as such but both my kids loved Winnie the Witch and the witch from Room on the Broom. They always liked a friendly witch, one who would make funny mistakes. So when they were a lot younger we did some “
Guest Post - Doodling with Doodle Pattern Tiles
My kids doodle. They doodle on scraps of paper, in drawing books, on the fog on the car window, in their maths books.
Guest Post - A Crafty Halloween Display
I had this brilliant idea that the kids and I were going to make a spider mobile My idea was to use a paper plate with wool hanging down attached to spiders who were climbing down.
Guest Post - A Monster Drawing and Crafting Session!
My seven-year old has been going through a bit of a drawing phase lately. So much so that we actually moved a little table to just next to my desk so that he can draw and chat while I am working on my computer. He loves it.
Guest Post - Four New Autumn Leaf Craft Ideas
It dawned on me the other day that none of the children's activity groups I run gives me scope to run an autumn themed craft session this year. This is a very sad state of affairs, I love autumn!
Guest Post - Making a Four Seasons Tree
We have made our four season trees a number of times and it is such a fun and easy season craft so I thought I would share what we do.
Guest Post - Learning about the Water Cycle
I loved the look of all the water cycle pages that were recently added especially because a lot of them had different versions for a number of the pages - perfect to do the topic with children who may be at different learning stages (well that was my pl
Guest Post - Dinosaur Art
Dinosaurs are always popular in our house so as soon as I saw the new dinosaur tracing pages and
Guest Post - Roald Dahl Activities
Over the summer holidays we borrowed a few Roald Dahl books from our local library and both my kids loved them. They found the characters so magical and the stories sparked their imaginations.
Guest Post - Colour Mixing Activities
There is something about being out in the garden in the late summer and seeing all the vibrant colours that makes me think of colour mixing.
Guest Post - September Goal Setting
It’s September. The time of year where beach towels are being washed and stored away, and school books are being taken out and dusted off. The time of year where back to school sales mean cheap shiny stationary.