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Roald Dahl Links

“If you want to remember what it’s like to live in a child’s world, you’ve got to get down on your hands and knees and live like that for a week. You’ll find you have to look up at all these… giants around you who are always telling you what to do and what not to do.”
Roald Dahl

General

The official Roald Dahl website offers lots of information, games and resources in a suitably cheerful and quirky format!
http://www.roalddahl.com/

Roald Dahl Book Talk with quizzes and info NEW!                                        http://library.thinkquest.org/5113/

This fan site doesn’t appear to get updated very often! But it has information, fun and games and some good classroom ideas.
http://www.roalddahlfans.com

Official website for Roald Dahl Day – with some great downloadable resources!
http://www.roalddahlday.info/

Website of the Roald Dahl Museum
http://www.roalddahlmuseum.org/default.aspx

Official website of Quentin Blake, who illustrated many Roald Dahl books
http://www.quentinblake.com/

Official website for the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film
http://chocolatefactorymovie.warnerbros.com/index.html

Make 

Scroll down for some craft ideals from James and the Giant Peach NEW!
http://www.readingtokids.org/Books/BookView.php?pag=3&bookID=00000689

Make Willy Wonka with this toilet roll craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/chocolatefactory/mwonka.htm

Make a grim grandma card inspired by George’s Marvellous Medicine
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/activities/
PEACH_03_14_15_Web.pdf

Make your own enormous crocodile
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/
activities/janebull_conccrocs.pdf

Make your own Roly Poly Bird from The Twits
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/
activities/janebull_rolypoly.pdf

Print

Printable Roald Dahl calendar NEW!
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/penguin/
Roald_Dahl_Guide_Fall_09.pdf

Print this Brain-boggling Bookplate to use in your Roald Dahl books
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/activities/brain-boggling.pdf

More book plates for your favourite Roald Dahl books
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/
DAHL_A4BOOKPLATE2.pdf

Print this fun Roald Dahl fact sheet
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/
DAHL_FACTSHEET4.pdf
 

Print and make

Print and make this wonderful bunting
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/
activities/bunting.pdf

Print and make these chocolate themed dominoes (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/chocolate_dominoes

Do

Lots of quizzes, mazes and other activities NEW!
http://www.puffin.co.uk/static/puffinplayground/
childrensactivities/#Roald%20Dahl

Excellent classroom activity suggestions for The BFG (adaptable for home too) - scroll down
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/novel13.html

Classroom ideas for Esio Trot
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/novel16.html

A great selection of quizzes, puzzles and word searches
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/games.php

Some simple on-line games relating to Fantastic Mr. Fox
http://www.quia.com/custom/2198main.html

A word search based on Roald Dahl’s autobiographical Boy
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/activities/boy%20wordsearch.pdf

A fun on-line Charlie and the Chocolate Factory jigsaw puzzle
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/chocolatefactory/puzzle2.htm

An on-line Willy Wonka jigsaw puzzle
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/chocolatefactory/puzzle1.htm

A giant Roald Dahl quiz
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/activities/jumbo%20quiz.pdf

Try these 6 different Roald Dahl on-line quizzes
http://library.thinkquest.org/5113/Quizes.html

Matilda crossword
http://www.puffin.co.uk/static/misc/uk/puffin/Activities%20pdfs/matilda%20crossword.PDF

Willy Wonka’s Secret Sweet Invention http://www.puffin.co.uk/static/misc/uk/puffin/Activities%20pdfs/charlie%20choc%20%20PDF.PDF 

Learn

Loads of ideas here for some educational activities NEW!
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/teachers/tech_based_resources/
MI_pages/MIBT_UNITS/html/RoaldDahl.htm

Fantastic classroom ideas for The BFG, including work on acronyms, dream jars and spelling techniques
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/bfg.htm

Sum up what you have learned about Roald Dahl by completing this fact file sheet
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/Roalddahl_factfile.pdf

Some super worksheets for ages 5-7
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/
WORKSHEETS_ACTIVITIESYC.pdf

And some for ages 8-12
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/pdfs/
WORKSHEETS_ACTIVITIESOC.pdf

Lots of activities and questions to go with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (teachers)
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/charlie/
charlie_and_the_chocolate_factor.htm

Huge collection of teaching ideas and activities relating to various Roald Dahl books
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/teachers.php#5 

Our favorite scene from Matilda!
 
NB: Please don't let your children browse video sharing websites unsupervised!

Cook

Bruce Bogtrotter chocolate cake recipe NEW!
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/books/revorecipe1.php

Some more Roald Dahl recipes here NEW!
http://www.homefamily.net/index.php?/categories/yourfamily/revolting_recipes/

Make Mrs. Twit’s eyeball cakes
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/
pdfs/activities/PEA05_p14_15_Web.pdf

Try this Hot Choc Swudge drink
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/roalddahl/day/
pdfs/activities/PEACH_10_14-15_Web.pdf

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