Thursday 19th October
Happy Diwali! You can jump straight to our Diwali activities here.
It's been a busy week for us (we've hit a big landmark too as you will see below) and this is an extra-long newsletter as a result! We've added to our Diwali, Halloween and Bonfire Night collections, topped up our animal dot to dots, published colouring pages for younger children and older children (or adults) and celebrated brothers and sisters! Shelly takes a look at learning with the help of our word searches, word scrambles and crossword puzzles in this week's guest post. And our famous person of the week is the fascinating Alexander the Great.
Scroll down to find out what's new.
Celebrating a Big Number!
We watched the ticker climb up and over - and it's now official ... we have over 25,000 Activity Village printables on the website for members today!
Activity Village Membership ...
We now have 25,000 printable activities available to our Activity Village Members - and we are adding more nearly every day! If you haven't joined up yet, you can browse the website to see what we offer and find out about becoming a member here. And remember - logged-in Members see an ad-free version of the website! *
What's New at Activity Village ...
New Bhaiya Dooj activities for brothers and sisters
New photograhic posters for Diwali displays and conversations
Celebrating brothers and sisters for Bhaiya-Dooj, and just because we love them...
A fun way to practise times tables this Halloween
Adding to our Halloween vocabulary printables
More Halloween frames for writing and drawing projects
New Halloween word tracing pages for beginners - fun to cut out and laminate!
New activities for Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Topping up our British Wildlife dot to dots
A big set of new boys and girls colouring pages for younger kids
2 lovely new colouring quote pages and cards - Just Breathe and Home Sweet Home
Learn about Alexander the Great, his conquests and his legacy
This Week's Guest Post
In Shelly's latest guest blog post she shares how our word searches, word scrambles and crossword puzzles have been useful in helping both her children with letters, reading and spellings...
A Little Something ...
Father and Son
by Edgar Guest
Be more than his dad,
Be a chum to the lad;
Be a part of his life
Every hour of the day;
Find time to talk with him,
Take time to walk with him,
Share in his studies
And share in his play;
Take him to places,
To ball games and races,
Teach him the things
That you want him to know;
Don't live apart from him,
Don't keep your heart from him,
Be his best comrade,
He's needing you so!
Never neglect him,
Though young, still respect him,
Hear his opinions
With patience and pride;
Show him his error,
But be not a terror,
Grim-visaged and fearful,
When he's at your side.
Know what his thoughts are,
Know what his sports are,
Know all his playmates,
It's easy to learn to;
Be such a father
That when troubles gather
You'll be the first one
For counsel, he'll turn to.
You can inspire him
With courage, and fire him
Hot with ambition
For deeds that are good;
He'll not betray you
Nor illy repay you
If you have taught him
The things that you should.
Father and son
Must in all things be one --
Partners in trouble
And comrades in joy.
More than a dad
Was the best pal you had;
Be such a chum
As you knew, to your boy.
Coming Up Soon ...
19th October: Diwali
31st October: Halloween
5th November: Bonfire Night
11th November: Remembrance Day
12th November: Remembrance Sunday
15th November: Steve Irwin Day
23rd November: Thanksgiving
30th November: St Andrew's Day
1st December: Advent
12th - 20th December: Hanukkah
25th December: Christmas
26th December: Kwanzaa
And don't forget you can click through to our Holiday Calendar to explore our resources by upcoming holiday and event. Get your planning done and activities printed out in plenty of time!
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All the best until next time!
Lindsay Small
www.ActivityVillage.co.uk
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