Morning Everyone from a very wet 'Maritzburg, looks like we finally got some of the rain from the Cape and now it won't leave :) So much for Spring-time... This is a very short mail to let you know that some really sweet activities have been added in time for Grandparents' Day on Sunday 09 September, including classic fairy tales and stories for children. These are available as a free download and can be accessed at http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/activities/grandparents/grandparents.html Also added is the next in our series on Countries of Africa. This time we focus on Cameroon and the African rainforest, many of the animals face extinction including the Mountain Gorilla. You can find online interactive and printable crosswords, printable activities and a fun workbook with notebooking pages. You will also find videos of the rainforests and some of the tribal music by the Baka Tribe (one of +- 240 tribes) of Cameroon. http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/africa/countries/cameroon/cameroon.html More nursery rhyme activity packs have been added and included in the packs are copywork pages and letter and word tracers. http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/nursery_rhymes_poems/NURSERY-RHYMES.html Also look out for the page with activity rhymes where you can download the sheet music in PDF format and the midi files.http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/nursery_rhymes_poems/NURSERY-RHYMES_With_activities.html That's it for today. I hope everyone had a really wonderful week and I wish you and yours a blessed and safe weekend. See you on Monday God Bless Donnette