Making Summer Reading Fun
Summer is a great time for kids to let go and have fun. Their days are filled with activities and time to just hang out. However, it’s important to keep up their academic skills so the transition back to school is not so challenging. We’ve been doing a few things at my house and have had some positive results.
My 7-year-old daughter is participating in her school's Summer Reading Champions program. The kids read for 15 minutes every day, take an online test about the book, and then log their time. When they return to school there will be a celebration acknowledging their work. But I’d say that the positive results have already happened. In the past, she hasn’t been that interested in reading and only read if it was part of a homework assignment -- never for pleasure. Now she can’t wait to read her books because she’s excited about logging her hours. She beams each day after she completes this task. I love it because she’s reading everyday without me having to coax her -- she's self-motivated and I’m sure the awards ceremony and party at the end are on her mind. Every two weeks we head to our public library and take home about 20 books!
I realize that not all schools have this type of program. However, this is something you can create yourself: Get a stack of age-appropriate books from the kids' section at your library, create a daily (7 days per week) log that they can fill out by themselves, and offer a reward at the end of the summer that your child would enjoy like a trip to the zoo, beach, amusement park… whatever it is that your child would love to do.
Since my 5-year-old is just going into Kindergarten and isn't in the school system yet she couldn’t participate in the reading program. For her, I purchased workbooks from Lakeshore Learning that are age appropriate in both verbal and math skills, and she can’t wait to log her time, too!
Both girls see this work as fun because we make it fun! I’m happy because I can see that they are feeling more and more confident with their skills each day.
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