Online animated books and games

Free online animated books and games to enjoy with your children - some better than others, so you might want to check them out first!

SillyBooks.net

"I Like Elephants" - a music video to watch with little kids

Kids Games and Activities

Please come and take a look at our new Kids Games and Activities section. It is in its early stages yet, with just under 50 games and lots more activities added, but we have over 400 more ready and waiting to be added over the next few weeks! We've divided the games and activities into categories to make it easier for you to find inspiration quickly when you need to, and we will be providing as much information as possible for each and every game (age or child, quiet or noisy activity, etc). If you have any favourite games of your own to contribute, they would be most welcome .. add them as a comment to this post or send them in an email to me at editor @ activityvillage.co.uk (without the spaces).
Kids Games and Activities

More Ancient Egypt - this time some fun crafts

We have added a great collection of Ancient Egypt crafts today, which Tracy did with her girls. It looks like they had lots of fun, and they certainly did a great job! They mummified a fashion doll and then made it its own mummy case, built a pyramid out of sugar lumps, and modelled some fantastic canopic jars.

Ancient Egypt crafts

Ancient Egypt - new themed activities

If you are learning about pyramids and pharaohs, mummies and sarcophagi, you will want to take a look at our new Ancient Egypt theme. We have some great Ancient Egypt coloring pages, a collection of printable writing paper and writing frames to use in your school, home and notebooking projects, a word search, an alphabet, some jigsaws, and a fantastic collection of links to the best "Ancient Egypt" activities on the net. Please take a look.

Ancient Egypt

Rainforest Maths - lots of maths fun for kids

I've just stumbled across this excellent website, which presents 7 years of primary maths activities in a bright and cheerful format which kids will love to come back to again and again. Great for reinforcing skills and revision, there are hundreds of activities which they can choose and explanation as well as exercises. Well worth checking out and bookmarking.

RAINFOREST maths by Jenny Eather

Fourth of July - new crafts

Sarah and Jack have been terribly busy this week making some really original Fourth of July crafts for us all to enjoy - including a Statue of Liberty crown and torch (a wonderful transformation from some kitchen foil and a cardboard roll), an Uncle Sam hat, an Independence Day mobile and a sun visor for your Fourth of July picnic. You can also make a Fourth of July raft to float on the pond (or in your bath), some fireworks paintings, and a 3D fireworks display or mobile. Please take a look:

Fourth of July crafts