It’s almost time for Chinese New Year and children love hearing about the Chinese Zodiac Story and the story of the Great Race. Here at Mrs Mactivity, we have a range of Chinese New Year Resources to help children learn about Chinese New Year and the Chinese Zodiac. The Story of Chinese New year Many years …
What is the animal for Chinese new year 2020? 2021 is the year of the rat in the Chinese lunar calendar, and at Mrs Mactivity we have plenty of year of the rat resources, year of the rat lesson ideas, and year of the rat worksheets! Not forgetting all of our other Chinese New Year …
It’s that time of year again – Chinese New Year – and there are so many possibilities! Chinese New Year is the perfect excuse to a) eat lovely food and b) get super crafty and inspire young minds – so what are you waiting for! Let’s get started! We’ve lots of easy crafts and resources …
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Childcare Expo Midlands is returning to the Coventry and putting on even more of a show for Early Years & Primary professionals. To celebrate Childcare Expo’s 10th birthday, CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane will be opening the show and providing entertainment for visitors. Sid has decades of experience in children’s entertainment, and was one of the …
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Is your child’s imagination constantly running away with them? Are they always drawing on any scrap of paper they can find? After receiving 1,000+ amazing entries and over 20,000 votes last year, the competition that gives budding young artists a chance to let their creativity shine is now open for 2019. This summer, the BIC® …
Well! It’s here again and we couldn’t be more thrilled to be involved! Last year marked our first year as proud partners of World Nursery Rhyme Week, together with organisers Music Bugs and partners Piccolo Music, and now, we’re at it again! We have provided a plethora of free resources and activities to celebrate the …
For the tenth year running, Childcare Expo Midlands is preparing to return to Coventry to celebrate the show’s milestone birthday on 27th– 28thSeptember. Now the longest-running exhibition in the early years and primary education sectors, the organisers have announced that registration for the last event of the year is now open. Returning to the Ricoh …
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Are you looking for easy Father’s Day cards and crafts to make either at home or school? We’ve put together our favourite ideas for Father’s Day this year with DIY gifts that dad will love! It’s always so much nicer to make your own DIY cards for Father’s Day as they are so much more …
One of the questions we get asked quite frequently both as teachers and resource providers is – what are my classroom must haves? Obviously this differs between age groups, but we thought it might be useful to provide a sort of definitive list of some essentials you need for your classroom, especially useful if you …
Do you want a fresh approach to the Phonics Screening Check 2020? Need some phonics screening resources that are a bit different to what you used last year? Then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve been working really hard to make phonics screening resources that give you the information and content you need, and …
It’s Easter time – and we’ve lots of Easter craft cards to choose from – but if you want to make your own, we’ve got some instructions for you to follow to make the best and easiest Easter card EVER! You can choose to either download our Easter pop up card template – DOWNLOAD HERE …
British Science Week 2019 is coming up on the 8-17th March, and we’ve got loads of ideas you can do either at home or at school, these ideas are either free or very cheap and what’s more, kids love them! We love these 5 minute STEM activities from The Brick Castle – lots to choose …
It’s half term – and that means the kids are off school, and you might be looking for ways to entertain the kids that don’t cost the earth, and preferably have some educational value too. Don’t worry, we’ve already thought of that! We’ve got some ideas that will keep the kids entertained for hours, and …
Looking for fun and unique Valentine’s Day Activity Ideas for Kids? We’ve got loads of new ideas that kids love and that are also super easy for anyone to do! We specialise in super easy mess AND no mess ideas that engage kids for longer than two seconds and create something really beautiful to “take home” …
This is a guest post from the fabulous team at Childcare Expo – sign up for your free tickets for Childcare Expo London today! Childcare Expo London returns on the 1st & 2nd March with a series of free interactive workshops throughout the two days to inspire early years and primary education professionals. Taking place at …
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Mrs Mactivity are very excited to announce that we are once again teaming up with the lovely people at Childcare Expo and will be running a series of workshops at Childcare Expo London on the 1st and 2nd March 2019. We attended the Childcare Expo Midlands event in September 2018 and had a thoroughly awesome …
Many parents notice that when they give their child a present, they’re more interested in playing with the wrapping, rather than the present itself. It’s easy to get carried away with lots of expensive presents for young children, but actually children can be very imaginative and are pretty good at playing with FREE things you …
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It’s that time of year when teachers, childminders, parents and in fact anyone who works with children is looking for the perfect Christmas craft cards for kids. We’ve put together some of the best ideas on the internet to save you the bother! You can also explore our 24 days of no mess Christmas crafts …
