28th June 2018
Colouring, posters, puzzles, a new "famous person", butterfly crafts, writing paper and writing prompts ... find out what's new this week below!
Activity Village Membership ...
We now have over 29,680 printable activities available to our Activity Village Members - and we are adding more nearly every day (over 3060 this year already!) 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.
What happens when your Membership year is up? We don't renew automatically but we dosend an email alerting you when your year expires. After expiry, simply log in to the website and you will find a link to our renewal page.
What's New at Activity Village ...
We've added two new letters for our Illuminated Alphabet Colouring Pages series - G and I
We've been topping up our summer themed colouring pages with these lovely new additions
By special request, we've added hearts and stars to our collection of useful shape printables.
We've added 10 new (mostly photographic) posters to our Fourth of July posters collection
Enjoying the football? Keep up with what's going on and get the kids involved with our World Cup activities.
If you are supporting England in the World Cup, you might enjoy these new England squad puzzles and England flag printables!
Many apologies for our mistakes in our World Cup 2018 countries word search puzzle. We've replaced the puzzle for a corrected version but if you downloaded it early on, you might want to do so again.
Our famous person this week is one of the all-time great women tennis players - Serena Williams
Write about the weather with these lovely new weather writing paper pages - which come in three styles (blank, lined and with handwriting lines).
We've been starting a new section of writing prompts - with sports and musical instruments!
This Week's Guest Post
In our Guest Post this week, Sarah takes us through how she and Sam made 3 beautiful butterfly suncatchers - all using different techniques - in preparation for a craft group. I think you'll agree the results were stunning!
A Little Something ...
May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun.
And find your shoulder to light on.
To bring you luck, happiness and riches.
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
An Irish Blessing
And find your shoulder to light on.
To bring you luck, happiness and riches.
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
An Irish Blessing
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?"
Zhuangzi
To a Butterfly
by William Wordsworth
I've watched you now a full half-hour;
Self-poised upon that yellow flower
And, little Butterfly! indeed
I know not if you sleep or feed.
How motionless!--not frozen seas
More motionless! and then
What joy awaits you, when the breeze
Hath found you out among the trees,
And calls you forth again!
Self-poised upon that yellow flower
And, little Butterfly! indeed
I know not if you sleep or feed.
How motionless!--not frozen seas
More motionless! and then
What joy awaits you, when the breeze
Hath found you out among the trees,
And calls you forth again!
This plot of orchard-ground is ours;
My trees they are, my Sister's flowers;
Here rest your wings when they are weary;
Here lodge as in a sanctuary!
Come often to us, fear no wrong;
Sit near us on the bough!
We'll talk of sunshine and of song,
And summer days, when we were young;
Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.
My trees they are, my Sister's flowers;
Here rest your wings when they are weary;
Here lodge as in a sanctuary!
Come often to us, fear no wrong;
Sit near us on the bough!
We'll talk of sunshine and of song,
And summer days, when we were young;
Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.
Coming Up Soon ...
14th June - 15th July: FIFA World Cup
1st July: Canada Day
2nd July - 15th July: Wimbledon Championships
4th July: Fourth of July
30th July: Friendship Day (UK)
31st July: JK Rowling's Birthday
August / September: Back to School
5th August: Friendship Day (US)
11th August: Enid Blyton's Birthday
21st - 25th August: Eid al-Adha
2nd September- Father's Day (Australia and New Zealand)
9th September: Grandparent's Day (US)
13th September: Roald Dahl Day
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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