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Our 1st #Homeschool World Book Day

2/3/2017

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So as you may have guessed , it's World Book Day and of course being Home schooled does not mean we have to miss out on all the fun so I ensured that we would have plenty to do to take part, especially as it's Kaidens 7th Birthday and he loves to dress up .

World Book day is a celebration of books, Authors, Illustrators and anything to do with reading and was originally formed and appointed by UNESCO (United Nations, Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization) and is now celebrated across over 100 countries worldwide.

It has been going now for 20 years now and today on the 2nd March , children and adults of all ages have come together to enjoy the fun of reading and everything that comes with it by Dressing up and taking part in events to appreciate and encourage children to read more .

Every World Book Day , each child of school age receives a free token for £1 which they can use to buy one of the free books available or use against buying a book of their choice (any book) and just because we're home schooling does not mean we won't recieve one. You just need to get in touch with them and they will gladly send you them out.

This morning , we started our day by waking up and decided to eat something that would be apart of a children's book we all recognized - Porridge! 
We love the story of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears .
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There are so many different and fun activities t do revolving around reading and encouraging the smaller ones to read. We had a great game called the World Book Day Scavenger Hunt.
It gives you a list of words and you have to get each child to think of a Story, Book, Novel that includes that word in either the Title or the book itself.
I obviously made it a little more fun by having then run around the house and garden looking for an item that fitted that word and book just like Libby shows above with the Porridge from ''Goldilocks And The Three Bears''. It was fun to see them running around grabbing Frogs for ''Princess and the frog'', Trains for '' Harry Potter'' and a Cauldron for ''Lion , Witch and The Wardrobe''. It got them thinking.

We Dressed them up in their outfits they had chosen and got to work with learning some important quotes from books and Authors .

The children especially loved Dr Seuss and Piglets from Winnie the Pooh and they even took some inspiration form them like the one from L. Frank Baum below from ''The Wizard Of OZ''.
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The children had a great day, even Sky T.v had joined in on the fun by adding a Bookworm and World Book Day section to their guide which was a great idea for the little ones who especially enjoyed watching Gruffalo and Matilda. 
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Mr Strong from Mr Men
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Spiderman from Marvel
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Fireman Sam from Fireman Sam
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Princess Aurora from Disney
During the week , the children were working on many different parts of Books and reading and their chosen projects were Jeff Kinney's ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'', David Walliam's ''The First Hippo on the Moon'' and a few of the other favourites seen below. 
They made book reviews, inspiring quotes, plots and even made their very own stories .
We talked about titles, and headlines, chapters and plots , authors and illustrators and the children found there was alot more to books than just reading them. 
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To Encourage reading in our home , we visit our local library every weekend, we also have a reading challenge where the children have to  read their books and see who's read the most by the end of the month which then ends in them receiving an award or prize .

​As the day ended , I handed them their very own award for being so good at joining on the wonderful day .
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What have been doing to celebrate, Did you dress up, join in on any Scavenger hunts or reading challenges?
24 Comments
Emma-Hope Newitt link
2/3/2017 09:17:39 pm

I absolutely love World Book Day so loved seeing what activities you did and the dressing up, looks fab! Days like today I wish I worked in primary schools instead of secondary school I bet it's so much fun!

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Jenni link
2/3/2017 09:37:12 pm

This is lovely! My nanny children were dressed up as Harry Potter and Darth Vadar!

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Megan at Lush to Blush link
3/3/2017 02:02:21 am

This is so cute! I love how you put this together for your kids. So sweet!

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danasia fantastic
3/3/2017 08:03:44 am

It looks like you guys had a great time celebrating World Book Day! I wish we had celebrated it when I was a kid.

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Ladies pass it on link
3/3/2017 09:16:24 am

I am so fascinated by home schooling! I love that you had World book Day. Would love to know more about your life x

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hannah
3/3/2017 09:59:56 am

Looks like you had a great world book day. The costumes look fab

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Erin Ek Rush link
3/3/2017 01:58:49 pm

Looks like you had a great day! I love that you visit the library every week. Ours is usually so quiet when we go, I think it's such a shame people don't use them more often!

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Rhian Westbury link
3/3/2017 04:08:53 pm

It's good you still got the kids to dress up and take part in world book day x

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Helen @ Fuss Free Living link
3/3/2017 04:24:13 pm

It looks wonderful. Books give such a life long pleasure that it is so important to instil from an early age.

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Jodie Whitham link
3/3/2017 08:36:01 pm

Used to love world book day. I can't remember what i dressed as but loved reading it, and really brings out the imagination. Looks like they enjoyed it too! x

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Mellissa Williams link
3/3/2017 08:47:54 pm

It looks like you had a wonderful World Book Day. I love the costumes!

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Fashion and Style Police link
4/3/2017 11:04:32 am

Looks like the kids had a great world book day. My kids loved it too.

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Lottie link
4/3/2017 07:00:53 pm

This is such a lovely idea for your children and I love how much effort you've put in. Great costumes!

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Stephanie Merry link
5/3/2017 05:03:57 pm

The kids look great in their costumes! Glad you still did world book day at home x

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francesca
5/3/2017 06:03:14 pm

I love how you all ate porridge in the morning and related that back to goldilocks!! The quotes you all looked at too are pretty awesome little quotes for kids, overall it seems like you all had a really enjoyable book day!

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denajayne
5/3/2017 08:03:47 pm

It's great that you still involved your kids in this day even though they are home schooled xo

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Hayley Warren link
5/3/2017 09:07:33 pm

I wish we celebrated World Book Day when I was at school, I was such a bookworm!

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Lubka Henry link
6/3/2017 08:25:39 am

I've never heard of the World Book Day, but it sounds like a great thing!

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Emma link
6/3/2017 12:23:53 pm

Looks like all the kiddies had a fabulous day! love the scavenger hunt idea. The little one dressed as Mr Strong is completely adorable!

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fashionmommy link
6/3/2017 12:47:21 pm

How lovely, it is so important to foster a love of books and reading at an early age, World book day is so good in this respect.

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Candice Nikeia link
6/3/2017 05:23:26 pm

You are so creative! This looks like so much fun!

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Dannii
7/3/2017 10:26:01 am

I love that you still took part in world book day. I can't wait until my little one is old enough to dress up.

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Kira link
7/3/2017 02:06:00 pm

I love these activities, so inventive and they look like they are having lots of fun! :D

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emma white link
11/3/2017 05:52:29 pm

I love that the school celebrate book day as I love reading and encourage the children too as much as they can we dressed up as Star Wars this year

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