Hi Guys!
World Book Day is all about celebrating our favourite books and encouraging each other to read for pleasure. There are so many reasons to read and today is all about reminding ourselves of why it is so important. So here are a few reasons we should all try to read more for pleasure:
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Mental Stimulation – in other words it is like a work out for our brains. To help keep them fit (just like our bodies).
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Stress Reduction – as it says, it helps to reduce stress and calm our minds.
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Knowledge – everything you read teaches you something new and you never know when that piece of knowledge might come in handy.
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Expand your vocabulary – the more you read, the more words you learn, the more words you can say and write. This can also help you to learn new languages.
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Memory Improvement – when you read a book you have to remember all the characters and story lines. This can help boost your memory skills.
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Critical Thinking Skills – have you ever read a book and worked out the mystery before you have finished the story? This is critical thinking.
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Better Focus and Concentration – reading helps you to sit still and focus on what you are doing. In today’s world it is very easy to switch from one thing to the next and everything is so fast paced. Reading makes you stop and focus.
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Better Writer – the more you read, the more you learn how to write a good story and how to structure a good story. This goes hand in hand with expanding your vocabulary.
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Teaches Empathy – being able to understand a character’s feelings in a book will help you to understand other people in the real world and have a good understanding of how they are feeling.
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Helps you live longer – some studies have shown that reading regularly could help you live longer than those who don’t tend to read very often.
The main reason I read is to relax and switch off. I love learning about different periods in history and how character’s felt at different points in their lives. I also enjoy reading books that I have already read years after I first read them.
Here is a page full of different activities and sheets that you can do for World Book Day. We will be having a call at 9.30am on Thursday to have a chat about them. You can do as many as you like but you should try to complete at least 2 different activities throughout the day. Remember to share your pictures on Teams!
Dressing up – you could dress up as your favourite character.
Act it out – you could act out a scene from your favourite book (with you or your toys).
Create a video – choose your favourite book or a part of a book and record yourself reading it aloud. Share this on Teams.
Reading in an unusual place – take a picture of yourself reading in an unusual place. Share it on Teams.
Guess Who – write a series of clues about a character and share them on Teams for other people to guess who your character is.
Instructions – read a set of instructions to bake or cook something delicious.
Joking – Find a funny joke and share it on Teams for the rest of the class to see. Who can find the funniest one?
Positivity – Why not find some positive and inspiring quotes from some of your favourite books or books that you have at home. You could add these to your positivity jar, if you made one, or make posters to display them around your house. There are some examples at the bottom of the page but see if you can find any more.
Scavenger Hunt – use this sheet to find as many of these things in your books as you can. You don’t have to print the sheet, you can just copy your answers into your jotter or a piece of paper or type them onto your laptop/tablet/phone. World Book Day Book Scavenger Hunt Activity
Top 5s – Write down your top 5s in a range of topics. World Book Day Top 5s Activity
Book Cover – Design a new book cover for your favourite book or a story you have created. Book Cover
Fact File – why not do some research on your favourite author and complete this fact file all about them. Famous Author Fact File Activity Sheet
Crossword – here is a crossword with some questions about different authors. You might need to research some of the answers. Famous Children’s Authors Crossword
Mask – why not create a mask of your favourite book character. World Book Day Design a Character Mask Activity Sheet
Finger Puppets – why not make some finger puppets of characters in your favourite story, You can use them to act out the story later on. World Book Day Design Finger Puppets Activity Sheet
Potato – using a potato shape, can you recreate your favourite character as a potato? Make sure you share them on Teams. Potato character
Here are some of the best quotes from books (there are many more out there):
