“\ PREPARATION Costume ideas +” Encourage children to come dressed a ali 2 maybe ‘wearing an oversized palr of underpants too! They could ‘wear coloured clothes with headbands shoving extra eyes, stuffed tighte to make extra arms and lege and face paint for additional effect * Optional activity: Children could be encouraged to donate £1 to dress up, to fundraise for Book Aid Intemational bookaid.org/worldbookday Start of the Day Introduce what World Bock Day isto the children and read Altens Love Underpants. Encourage the children t listen carefully tothe story, look tthe ilustrations and listen tof identify the shyming words + Afterreading the story. encourage the children to tall about their favourite parts and why they like them Morning activity ideas + Encourage children to write a description oftheir favourite ‘alien from the book or the alien they are dressed-up as Encourage children to think about and write a description based on colouy, size, number of eyes, arms, lege and what type of underpants they like bast! ‘+ Provide underpants-shaped paper anda variety of paint, crayons, pencils or collage materials. Encourage children to decorate a pair of underpants with ccloure and patterns. LEARNING # Encourage children to tell the story to someone at home and talk shout their favourite part # Children could find out some facts about space to share with the group. WORLD BOOK DAY o fale Ewe | Underpa me) 4 ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Pa ithe by Simon Schuster Childen’s Books Things that could be set up in a classroom 2°” Setupa roleplay epaceship with toy allen, copies of the beak and notion space books pletures or paintings of stare and planets and spaceship buttons and conto ‘The area could be decorated with tn fol or sver paper fallen ovunderpant picture + Cresta washing ine of underpants Have avatey of colours sires and pattern avalible or children ost Sed we The pies could be numbered for chilean to sequence as an extra activity. Lunch/snack time ideas + Male come fying eaucer cookies! Make a simple biscuit recipe and add an extra ball of dough into the middle of each ‘cookie. Onco baked hove could be decorated with iing and Stull oweet to look ike the aliens ying saucers Afternoon activity ideas + Challenge children to crest alien models using playdough or clay, Other materials such as googly eves, pipe cleaners, buttons and paper underpante pitures. They could take @ photo oftheir finished alien to share with thers in the group ror display + Provide « songe af unle modelling equipment end encourage the children to tea spaceship forthe aliens, To end the day + Performa the or visitor Encourage the children to retell the story using words and actions + Talkehout the children’s favourite pats ofthe story and why, they like ther, Talleabout ther favourite activity froma the day ory for another ‘© Encourage parents to visit their local bookshop with their children to redeem their ¢1 World Book Day book token if they have one, ro get a FREE World Boole Day book. Ts BOOK ny