Costume ideas Encourage children o come dressed as elephant, They could weer gry clothe and make and veer heacbande with large paper ears and long strip of paper forthe tron © Optional activity: Children could be encouraged to dlnate ito dressup, to fandraise for Book Aid Interstonel Bookaidorg/worldbockdsy Start of the Day Introduce what Werld Bock Day is othe children and read Five Minutes’ Peace together. Encourage the children to listen carefully to the story and look at the illustrations 1+ kor seading the story, encourage the children to talleabout their favourite parts and why they like them. Discuss what Ms Large wanted and why Morning activity ideas ‘© Creates story map showing the diferent events that happen as Mis Large wants five minutes’ peace and quiet. Encourage the children to retell the story using the map as a guide. ‘+ Leam about telling the time. Use a clock ora timer to time differen lengths of time, Start with 1 minute and challenge the children to complete diferent activities within the time Timi, ich as lapping ten times. Also try timing how long diferent activities tae and look ata clock to leara about the times for specific events, such as snack time or playtime. Lunch/snack time ideas 1eiyals and decnat smelt eakes with she hilen HOME LEARNING + Encourage children to tell the story to someone at home ‘and talk shout their favourite part # Children oosld find out same fects about elephants ro share with the reat of the group. Things that could be set up in a classroom 1 Bock ‘With the children, set up a role-play version ofthe Large Family’ houoe, Have a kitchen table with sole-play breakfast foods, plastic plates and cups, a teapot, atray, anevepaper and some elephant tay Support them to follow the recipe and talk about the steps of the recipe and how the ingredients change when they are baked. Children could decorate the cakes with icing and a cherry or sprinkles and eat them ae a snacle— just like Mrs Large wanted to in the story! Afternoon activity ideas To Explore colour mixing to mix shades of grey paint. Encourage the children to explore what happens when black and white paint are mixed together and mix their own preferred shade of grey to paint a picture of an elephant. Create a bath for Mrs Largo! Have a lange teay of water and add some bubble bath. Encourage the children to wash and clean some plastic elephant toys using sponges and brushes. ‘Maybe one of the elephant toys could be baby Lester- who probably needs a bath after esting his breskfast! end the day Encourage th ciden to retell the stow to another clas, tvistor or afvend They could act out the story using trorements or sound efecto retel the sory event Tnstraments or noise makers couldbewoedt edd entra tfc tothe sory sucha shaking abot ied wth water thon th ite elephants jump into Mre Larges Bath! Encourage parents to visit their local bookehop with their children to redeem their¢t World Book Day book token if they have one, to get a FREE World Book Day book. Ts BOOK tokens