On Friday, 3rd March we joined lots of other children all around the world in celebrating World Book Day.
The children spent time with Grandma Erewa, who enthusiastically read African stories and folktales. They talked about the pictures, retold or predicted what might happen in the stories and even talked about different parts of the book for example the front cover, blurb and the author and illustrator and what they do.
There were also so many lovely books on sale.
Looking at books and listening to stories is so important for young children. It not only helps with their literacy and gets them ready for reading but also encourages listening skills as well as prediction, reasoning and higher level thinking by encouraging them to ask questions and make links to their own lives.
Hadassah Hall 