Our local library has a story time every Wednesday afternoon. I told our librarian about World Read Aloud Day and she talked to the kids about it during story time and then explained about it to the parents present.
Our local homeschool group got together for a special World Read Aloud Day celebration. We talked about how privileged we are to be able to read and the advantages it gives us. Then each child shared a favourite reading from a book they brought with them. It was great fun to see each child's personality reflected in what they had chosen to read. One of the boys chose to challenge us by reading clues from little fact cards about different animals and plants and having us guess what it was before he read us the answer. His brother read one of his favourite verses from the Bible (1 Thessalonians 4:11), while their sister read her favourite Bible story (Jesus feeding the five thousand). Another boy read one of his favourite poems. Another child read a favourite book of his dad's while his sister read a passage for a new book she just got the day before. My 5 year old daughter did her first public read aloud at the event. She read Splat!, a first reader, and everyone congratulated her on her great reading. I read a couple of our favourite read alouds, What if Your Mom Made Raisin Buns by Newfoundland author Catherin Hogan Safer, and Watch Out Big Bro's Coming by Jez Alborough. There were about 16 of us present and we all had a great time sharing about the joys of reading.
If you did something to celebrate World Read Aloud Day be sure to send in a report about it.
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