Guest Post - Simple Animal Crafts
As part of our home education work we have been looking at rainforest animals, and my daughter is preparing a project on big cats and their habitats.
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 - Making Mobiles!
My daughter and I recently spotted the Twirly Heart Mobile on the website and thought it looked so sweet so we just had to give it a go.
Guest Post - Enjoying Activity Village's Illuminated Alphabet
Illuminated manuscripts have always held a fascination for me. They are beautiful, lavish pieces of art.
Guest Post - Keeping Records of the Books We Read
Both of my two kids love lists.
Guest Post - The Summer Reading Challenge!
Many local libraries are taking part in the summer reading challenge and my local library is no exception.
Guest Post - Our Puzzle Basket
We are loving the stunning warm summer weather but as much as the kids enjoy being outdoors they also need breaks from the garden and insect hunting.
Guest Post - Flower Collages
We love creating collages. Ever since the kids were little we would select a bunch of items out of the cupboard a basic colouring sheet or template and the kids would create whatever they wanted.
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.
