Guest Post - Sharpies and Watercolours
Sharpies and watercolour paints are a fabulous combination for creating artwork! Shelly has written about some ideas to get you started in this blog post.
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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...
Sharpies and watercolour paints are a fabulous combination for creating artwork! Shelly has written about some ideas to get you started in this blog post.
Clare and her son learn about writing different kinds of poems for Remembrance Day in this guest post, using printables from Activity Village.
Shelly and her kids celebrate autumn with some seasonal activities in this guest post. They have lots of fun making some colourful autumn leaves using bleeding tissue paper and try some autumn acrostic poems too.
You can never have too many bookmarks, and there are plenty to choose from on Activity Village including ones you can colour in yourself. Read this guest post for plenty more bookmark making ideas!
Shelly and her kids learn about the human body and skeleton in this guest post, using printable resources available from Activity Village.
Did you know you can create your own personalised finger tracing worksheets on Activity Village? Shelly tests out the worksheet and tells us how she got on in this guest blog post.
Are you looking for a painting activity with a difference? Why not try some "dotty art" like Shelly and her kids...
The autumn-themed templates on Activity Village are great for an art session, but they can also be used to create an autumn-themed board with different words and phrases.
Autumn is a great time to enjoy themed learning activities. In this guest post, Shelly and her kids enjoy some Autumn Tree Maths using printables from Activity Village.
In this guest post Shelly writes about revising maths facts using printable maths cards from Activity Village.
Activity Village has some lovely bright and cheerful maths cards that are perfect for all kinds of different maths activities. Shelly explains some of the ways she has used them in this guest post.
Colouring in or creating your own mandalas is a great way to get the kids playing around with colours to create different patterns and effects, and this guest post has some great ideas on how to get started.