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 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 - 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.
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.