Section: Literacy
Make stories come to life with these story based play ideas.
To celebrate World Book Day, we've collected a range of fantastic activities based on children's stories- a great way to explore books and have lots of fun at the same time!
Grouchy Ladybird Crafts from the Iowa Farmer's Wife
Green eggs and Ham themed bath from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Make a giving tree with Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
Fun with Go dog Go activities from Having Fun at Chelle's House
Make Where the Wild things Are monsters with See Vanessa Craft
Jack and the Beanstalk craft and math’s activities with Fantastic Fun and Learning
Introduce young children to Geography through books and playsets from Mud Hut Mama
Gingerbread loose in School Activities from JDANIEL4’SMOM
Make a Little Pea Sensory Bin from Mama Miss
The Worst Princess Activities from Here Come the Girls
Make Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Gum Nut Babies with Octavia and Vicky
Do some Little Mermaid activities from ingles 360
Explore some Dr Seuss inspired glowing oobleck by Train Up a Child
Explore a Rainbow Fish Sensory story box from The Golden Gleam
Make magpies inspired from the story Waddle Giggle Gargle with Triple T Mum
Make patchwork quilts based on the story the quilt makers gift from Creative Connections for Kids
Create some Hungry Caterpillar Necklaces from Buggy and Buddy
Have a Hungry Caterpillar themed picnic from My Little Bookcase (a great site dedicated to encouraging children to love reading through book activities and experiences).
The Educator's Spin on it have a whole page dedicated to sharing activities based on books!
... and here's a few of our own story based activities
- 'Pinkalicious' Cakes
- 'Tiger Who Came to Tea' Playdough
- 'Whatever Next' role play
- 'The Hungry Caterpillar' Activities
- 'Ellie's Magic Wish' fairy den
You may also like to take a look at our post on Reading with Young Children
Activities
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