Saturday, January 26
Monster Madness at Waterstones Nottingham!
Friday, January 25
The Monster Machine - Free activity sheets to print out and colour!
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The Monster Machine printables |
The focus of these sheets is very much on decorating and drawing monsters and hopefully inspiring and encouraging some creative play, so there wont be any monster maths puzzles or monster grammar lessons, there are plenty of other resources around for that! Here it's all about monsters.
I intend to add to these sheets when I get chance, but I have put the first three up ready to download now in .pdf format here on THE MONSTER MACHINE activity page
So what do we have?
1 - Monster Dot to Dot, join up the dots and draw the monster! then colour him in.
2 - Draw some monsters! - Little monster is lonely, can you draw him some monster friends?
3 - Monster Colouring - Monsters from The Monster Machine, wondering where monsters come from, to colour in.
If you're feeling a bit more adventurous and haven't had a go yet, why not try your hand at my Pop Up Monster Greeting Card! also linked on the activity page. It would make a monstrously good Valentines Day Card!
If you enjoy using these monster printables do let me (and the monsters) know- we'd love to hear from you.
Friday, January 18
Monsters say give a book! (On International Book Giving Day)
February 14th is International Book Giving Day! (and Valentines Day too, appropriately) and aims to increase
children's access and enthusiasm for books.
The monsters think it is a monstrously good idea and want to encourage all you book lovers to get involved in the celebrations.
I have designed a monster bookplate which people can print out and attach to books they give-
Check out all the bookplates here - International Book Giving Day Bookplates
International Book Giving Day is a 100% volunteer, grassroots initiative. You can find out everything you need to know about getting involved by visiting the official website here-
You can follow them on twitter @bookgivingday #giveabook
and Facebook - BookGivingDay
There is also a wonderful colourful poster by Indian children's illustrator Priya Kuriyan to download and print to help spread the word!
International Book Giving Day Poster
The monsters think it is a monstrously good idea and want to encourage all you book lovers to get involved in the celebrations.
There are a number of ways you can celebrate including -
1)
giving a book to a friend or family member
2) leaving a book in a waiting room for
children to read
3) donating a gently used book to a local library,
hospital or shelter or to an organization that distributes used books to
children in need.
I have designed a monster bookplate which people can print out and attach to books they give-
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My monster bookplate design for Book Giving Day. |
International Book Giving Day is a 100% volunteer, grassroots initiative. You can find out everything you need to know about getting involved by visiting the official website here-
You can follow them on twitter @bookgivingday #giveabook
and Facebook - BookGivingDay
There is also a wonderful colourful poster by Indian children's illustrator Priya Kuriyan to download and print to help spread the word!
International Book Giving Day Poster
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