The phrase "activities started with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the beginning of certain activities or events in a narrative or report.
Example: "The activities started with a team-building exercise to foster collaboration among the participants."
Alternatives: "activities commenced with" or "activities began with".
Our collegial learning activities started with a shared reading, video or a dilemma which was carried through to discussions in smaller groups.
These capacity building activities started with the notion that teachers might get carried away with videos that students are supposed to watch at home, forgetting the whole purpose of flipping the classroom.
Because of the region's shoreline location, agricultural activities started with the plantation of high-salinity crops.
The project‟s activities started with some delay due to some strategic activities at Plan Pakistan and now the project still has to complete its targets.
Due to delays in the approval of the new budget for this phase, the activities started with the limited savings gained from the previous phase.
But Mr. Langewiesche sees real deterrents to terrorist activities, starting with the thought that no government mindful of retaliation would want to see rogue weapons manufactured on its soil.
In June 2013, The Guardian and The Washington Post began publishing reports that revealed highly classified N.S.A. surveillance and data collection activities, starting with the existence of the bulk phone records program.
If Mr. Obama signed off on the new negotiating approach, the United States and its European allies would use new negotiating sessions with Iran to press for interim steps toward suspension of its nuclear activities, starting with allowing international inspectors into sites from which they have been barred for several years.
June in Abilene will be packed with activities, starting with a Fabulous 50's Week, beginning with an outdoor dance on the Eisenhower Center grounds on June 2, followed the next day by an open house at the center and ending June 10 with two car caravans and a reception for visitors.
The value addition activities starts with diagnosis of needs, which is applied to prospective incubatee's new business proposals.
In Ixtapa, activities start with a boat trip along the coast and a morning of golf, tennis and beach time followed by lunch at Slim's home.
