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The 12 Games of Christmas: Christmas Learning Activities for Children

The 12 Games of Christmas: Christmas Learning Activities for Children

By busythings | December 12, 2025

The Busy Things 12 Games of Christmas! Each day discover a new Christmas-themed activity to spark creativity, boost learning and make December even more magical!

Christmas activities for kids; FREE activity pack

Christmas activities for kids; FREE activity pack

By busythings | December 2, 2025

Looking for festive activity ideas to keep the kids happy and entertained this Christmas? You’ll love our FREE Christmas activity pack

National Year of Reading

National Year of Reading

By busythings | December 2, 2025

2026 is the National Year of Reading. In our blog, we explore what it’s all about and the plans unfolding.

Gain better insights with Busy Things’ A.I. Interviews

Gain better insights with Busy Things’ A.I. Interviews

By busythings | November 25, 2025

This blog focuses on our A.I. Interview activities and how they can drive child-led, curiosity-driven learning in your classroom.

5 Ways to Make a Children’s Gift Voucher Interesting!

5 Ways to Make a Children’s Gift Voucher Interesting!

By busythings | November 19, 2025

Gift vouchers: easy, versatile, and genuinely useful… if only they didn’t look so boring under the tree! Don’t worry; with a bit of creativity, you can turn that humble gift certificate into a wow-worthy children’s gift that even Santa would be proud to deliver…

4 great activities for fine motor skills

4 great activities for fine motor skills

By busythings | November 18, 2025

With more and more children struggling with pencils and scissors, we’ve pulled together some of our activities you can use to develop your pupils’ fine motor skills.

Cross-curricular Christmas activities for your primary school classroom

Cross-curricular Christmas activities for your primary school classroom

By busythings | November 17, 2025

Looking for cross-curricular festive activities in the run-up to Xmas? This blog showcases some cross-curricular online and offline activities on Busy Things you might like!

Winter’s all wrapped up with Busy Things

Winter’s all wrapped up with Busy Things

By busythings | November 4, 2025

Winter is a fun-packed time of year. In this blog, we provide you with a rundown of the calendar events it includes along with activity recommendations.

FREE Winter topical pack for schools!

FREE Winter topical pack for schools!

By busythings | November 4, 2025

We’ve lots of fun activities for you to enjoy with your pupils this winter term with our free Winter topical pack. Download yours now!

Exploring the human body with Busy Things

Exploring the human body with Busy Things

By busythings | October 28, 2025

Busy Things has recently created some new and exciting activities to help your 7-11-year-old pupils learn more about the human body, its parts and processes. This blog looks at some of the activities.

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