In 2018, (often known as D铆a), celebrates its 22nd anniversary. This is a day when literacy advocates have motivated families in their communities to honor all children and to share bookjoy throughout the year. A way to think of D铆a:
D elight in Celebrating Children and Bookjoy
I nspire Collaboration To Grow a Nation of Reading Families
A dvocate annual April Children鈥檚 Day, Book Day Celebrations in Your Communities
Pat Mora, founder of D铆a, provides on her website. Here are some of those ideas paired with resources from ReadWriteThink.org so you can bring bookjoy into your classroom and community:
Plant a Poetry Garden: Write poems, paste them on sticks and plant them outside of the school or library.
When you plant a garden, in the process by writing down questions and observations on the garden’s growth in a garden journal.
Make memory books with stories and pictures about reading and books.
Students reflect on their school year, creating a consisting of images and text to present to their school community.
Create book鈥搕hemed word search or crossword puzzles.
This allows students to complete crossword puzzles on a variety of grade-appropriate topics, and also to create and print their own crossword puzzles.
Invite family members to write and illustrate favorite riddles, proverbs, or tongue-twisters with examples of culturally and linguistically appropriate books on hand for viewing.
In , students work with proverbs from home and from around the world, exploring how these maxims are tied to a culture’s values and everyday experience.
How will you spread bookjoy on D铆a and throughout the year?