May 29th, and it’s hotter than Rome in the High Peak, so don’t forget your sunscreen as you enjoy our fifth installment of fun creative activities for families with young children from Karl, Frances & Margit our Early Years specialists – something to explore together during these extraordinary times!
This week our Family Fun Friday activity is Bookmaking!!
For our final activity we’re showing you how to make a simple book with craft items that you might find around the house. The original project first took the children through the language of books –
author, illustrator, front, back, spine
– and ended in them creating their own book to share with others.
Depending on the age-range we made various types of book but the zig-zag style, with it’s simple concertina fold, is by far the easiest to make and can easily be enjoyed by everyone.
If you have any rubber stamps or home printing kits in the cupboards then now’s the time to dig them out but not essential – pens, pencils, crayons, stickers, collage and any craft items can all used on their own.
To celebrate completing the books we made reading dens with the children so that they could enjoy them alongside a variety of favourite commercial books from the classroom book corner. Some of our dens were in cosy areas indoors and a few were even created in exciting locations outdoors. We hope that you’ve enjoyed our online version of the For the Love of Books project and we really look forward to working with you on our new Early Years and Families book making project when the time comes.
And here are Margit’s activity cards:
As always our Family Fun Friday activities were originally designed for young children and their families but they can easily be undertaken by all the household during the lockdown. Let us know how you get on with BOOKMAKING!
We hope that you’ve enjoyed our online version of the For the Love of Books project and we really look forward to working with you on our new Early Years and Families book making project when the time comes.
These activities have been supported by the Ragdoll Foundation.
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Click here for Family Fun Friday week 2
Click here for Family Fun Friday week 3
Click here for Family Fun Friday week 4
