Hopefully reading has been an active part of most kids’ summers. Books, plays, short stories, cereal boxes, maps, pamphlets, or whatever; all will have made a positive difference as school restarts.
If most of you students took part in a summer library program be sure to keep that interest going throughout the school year by sending home your own reading challenge or by using mine which you will find below.
Suggest families provide personal reading challenges at home such as read a book a month. Then enguoursge them to create a special reward related to reading such as…
- read 2 books about adventure and select the next family night movie
- read a book of fun poems and create a family poem-in-a-bag evening where the names of poems from one of the books (that you still have not returned to the libraryod you have on your personal book shelves) are on slips of paper. Family members take turns reading the poems aloud.
- read a book about history (non fiction or fiction) and help plan a meal that the characters might have eaten during that era.
- read a science-related book and share the most interesting facts aloud. Follow that by asking your family to help make a poster or chart to record that information with their friends or family.
OR…
Use the ABC Reading Challenge Topics below to encourage kids to read a variety of books. Simply add stars in each category as books are read. If you need other prize ideas, please contact me via www.paddyeger.com My brain is always bursting with non-bribe, family-centered ideas I’ll be glad to share.
