Learning About Marie Curie
This week we've decided to have a look at another famous scientist - a woman of many "firsts" and two Nobel prizes.
Activity Village Blog - What's New?
Fun New Animal and Bird Story Paper to Inspire Creative Writing
There are animals (and birds) from all over the world in these new story paper printables, in fun "scenes" that we hope will inspire some really creative story writing from the kids. We've added 27 new sets today!
Two New Colouring Quotes To Make You Smile
Here in the UK it has felt like a very long winter, and it doesn't seem that it is going to end soon with more cold weather is forecast for the weekend.
Topping Up Our Ballet Topic
We've just published some lovely new ballet activities to the website, for your young ballet fans...
No Matter How Long The Winter .... New Colouring Quotes for Spring!
The UK has been hit by some very cold and snowy weather this last week, and it came just as we were beginning to see a glimpse of spring! But there is hope ... spring always comes, in the end.
Guest Post - Introducing Times Tables
Shelly has written this helpful guest post explaining how she has introduced times tables to her son at home using skip counting cards and flash cards available from Activity Village.
Adding to our Animal and Bird Colouring Pages
Because our animal and bird "scene" colouring pages are very popular we've been filling in some gaps and making sure that we have one for the many animals and
Adding to our Collection of Animal Colouring Cards
We've added 14 new animal colouring cards to our already-large collection today. All of these are are popular animal "scenes" - many with mother/father and baby, and they feature animals and minibeasts from all over the world.
Take A Trip Into Space With Our New Tim Peake Collection!
Many kids are fascinated by space and astronauts - and Tim Peake is of course a contemporary space hero to us here in the UK.
New Supermum Activities for Mother's Day!
If you know a Supermum - these are just what you need for Mother's Day! You'll find a whole new collection of supermum activities scattered throughout our Mother's Day pages.
Enjoy Our New Collection of Baby Puzzles
We've added lots of baby puzzles to the website today - a word search, 3 levels of a word scramble, and 6 new mazes to challenge the kids.
Guest Post - Using Our New Backdrop Printables
There are so many fun ways to use Activity Village backdrop printables! In this guest post Sarah shows us some of the activities she's used them for including puppet shows, animation, and cutting practice.
Celebrating Our Team GB Medal Winners ...
... so far! Great Britain has won four Olympic medals at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics to date - that equals the number we won at Sochi in 2014. That doesn't mean there aren't more to come ...
Learn About Mark Twain and Enjoy Our Printable Activities
This week our new Famous Person is American author Mark Twain, who most famously wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
New Animal Lacing Cards for Younger Children
These super new animal lacing cards are designed specially for younger children, with simple outlines, funny colours and extra cute faces.
Lovely New Printable Mother's Day Cards
We've just added seven lovely new Mother's Day cards to our collection - six of which are pictured below.
5 Bright New Birthday Cards To Print
It's so easy to find yourself short of a birthday card when you need it - but don't worry, we have the solution! These birthday cards are perfect for all ages and so cheerful and fun that they are sure to go down well.
Two New Colouring Quote Pages About Friendship
These two lovely designs about friends - "Friends are the family we choose" and "True friends are never apart" - come as colouring pages (with borders to frame) and colouring cards too.
Guest Post and Video - Adding Larger Numbers By Making Ten
This guest post and video from Shelly describes how to add large numbers together by making ten, using printables and worksheets available from Activity Village.