It is Tuesday and this is my second installment about summer learning with children. My suggestion today is to have your child (or children) participate in a summer reading program. Most public libraries have these to encourage children to read over the summer. Children sign up for the program and get a reading or activity slip. When the child reads or is read to, he or she colors in the amount of time read. When the slip is complete, the child turns it in for a chance to win a prize. Something extra my library has is weekly trivia questions, where a child can answer a question for a shot at a small prize. At the end of the summer, some libraries give bigger prizes like tickets to the Minnesota State Fair or a marble run. Programs are going to vary from library to library. There are also some bookstores like Barnes and Noble (click here for form) and Half Price Books who have reading incentives as well. Whatever program you choose, your child is going to be better off for having read this summer.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
summer reading program
It is Tuesday and this is my second installment about summer learning with children. My suggestion today is to have your child (or children) participate in a summer reading program. Most public libraries have these to encourage children to read over the summer. Children sign up for the program and get a reading or activity slip. When the child reads or is read to, he or she colors in the amount of time read. When the slip is complete, the child turns it in for a chance to win a prize. Something extra my library has is weekly trivia questions, where a child can answer a question for a shot at a small prize. At the end of the summer, some libraries give bigger prizes like tickets to the Minnesota State Fair or a marble run. Programs are going to vary from library to library. There are also some bookstores like Barnes and Noble (click here for form) and Half Price Books who have reading incentives as well. Whatever program you choose, your child is going to be better off for having read this summer.
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Yay for summer reading programs. Reading is its own reward, of course, but the added incentives are a nice bonus. We took our completed reading logs to the library yesterday. The boys both got a book to keep and a journal. From the prize drawing, Caleb also won 4 tickets to Underwater World, which the boys have long wanted to go to.
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