Here are some of the activities I have done over the past few years to celebrate World Book Day.
1. Dress up as your favourite character
In my previous school, all of the children dressed up, even the older ones! The teachers got into the spirit of it aswell which the children loved.
2. Bring in your favourite book(s)
Each child talked about their book to the class, why it was their favourite etc. What surprised me this year was the authors that some of the children hadn't heard of so it might spark their interest to read some new books.
3. Do a library scavenger hunt
This year, my class library is too small to do a library hunt with clues, but in previous years it was good fun to give them a set of clues and let them explore books in groups to find the answers. You can give them a list of items to find in books such as a troll, a princess or find a book by '________', find who wrote '_________'.
4. Design a book cover
I usually give the children a choice between designing a new cover for a book they already know or design a fictional book cover.
5. Design a bookmark
One of my pet hate is dog ears! So designing their own bookmark is a nice activity to incorporate on World Book Day if they haven't already got one.
6. Write a Book Report
A perfect day to get them to review a book they have recently written and practice some writing at the same time!
7. Add a bit of drama
Dramatising some parts of books is also a fun idea for World Book Day. Sometimes I choose one of the children's books and read an excerpt to give a stimulus for the drama.
8. D.E.A.R Time (Drop Everything And Read)
A nice way to wrap up the day or even just give them some time during the day to get lost in a book for a while.
