I can’t believe we just ended our first full month out of school. It’s been crazy here but we’ve been making sure to stay on top of our scholastic summer reading challenge and read as often as we possibly can. July is our busiest month due to vacations, summer camps, and all our fun little day trips.
Now in its 9th year, the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is a free online reading program dedicated to stopping the “summer slide” by encouraging kids to read throughout the summer months when school is out. This year’s challenge theme is “Power Up & Read,” powered by ENERGIZER®.
Just because we’re busy doesn’t mean that we can’t find time for all that fun reading! Did you know that kids that don’t read during the summer can fall behind in their reading levels? I don’t know about your kids but I know mine take their level of reading as a level of achievement. Each new stage is a badge of honor and they work really hard to achieve their goals. The last thing you want to do is have them fall behind!
Since we’ve ready through many of our books and we’re always looking for some fresh stories we love to go to the library and pick new books out. Not only does it add some fresh pages but it provides us with an afternoon of fun without spending any money. Gavin has found so many new series he likes by borrowing the first book of the series using his library card. If you have a fast reader like him you can spend a lot of money on those big series. The library is a great way to keep your kids reading at any budget. If you’re looking for a good series I really recommend The Magic Tree House & the Junie B. Jones book series.
We aren’t tracking Sawyer’s minutes this year but since I’m really trying to push Gavin to enjoy reading, I’ve pushed Sawyer to enjoy quiet time with some books as well. Sawyer had fallen out of enjoying books about a year ago and seeing his older brothers reading regularly has really helped encourage him to give them another chance.
We have a paper log that Gavin keeps in a folder along with a few other papers and he logs all his minutes after each reading session. He also uses it to help track all the titles he’s read. One of his regular reading assignments is to read to Sawyer. Since they are short one time reads it’s a great way to go over the make sure we don’t pull out the same book twice. It’s also good for a list of what books we’ve already borrowed from the library.
Monday Minute Goals#MondayMinuteGoals
In an effort to log as many minutes as possible through the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge AND to break the world record for summer reading, Scholastic is setting special weekly goals for young readers. Every Monday we’ll be announcing a #MondayMinutesGoal, the number of minutes for kids to read together in one week (by the following Monday).
Whether your child or student is reading independently or together with you, let’s share their success and keep the momentum going! Here’s how:
- Have your child log his/her minutes on the SRC website or on a paper log/piece of paper
- Take a picture of him/her proudly displaying their minutes
- Share it on social using #MondayMinutesGoal and #SummerReading! (See mine here)
We have even had fun mixing our books with fun activities! The Magic School Bus is a cartoon my boys love to watch to finding a fun book that also had a game to talk all about the same the same topic- electricity, was so much fun!
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My almost 5 year old and I are currently reading Fancy Nancy books.
My daughter is almost 5 and we are reading Pippi Longstocking
the oldest grandson is 10 and reading harry potter
My daughter isn’t reading yet. I do all the reading for her and she is 2.
My daughter is 8 and she likes to read Magic Treehouse books.
We love magic treehouse!
I think one of the percy Jackson books
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My daughter is 9 and is reading a Goosebumps book.
The rainbow fish and my daughter is 4
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My grandson is 2 1/2 so he doesn’t really “read”. Although, he loves being read to and looks at his Mickey Mouse books himself. 🙂
My grandson is three and luvs Green Eggs and Ham!
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My son is 6 and learning to read level 1 learn to read books, he especially enjoys the Berenstain Bears!
My granddaughter is 7 and I don’t know what book she is reading but she likes books about animals or funny stories.
My daughter is 6 and lately we’ve been reading the National Geographic Big Book of Why. She loves learning about how things work and nature, so I know she would enjoy these books.
My son is 6 is he is reading a Junie B. Jones book.
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My 13 year old is reading the Maze Runner right now.
Oldest is starting high school and they are reading How To Kill a Mockingbird to do an essay over the summer. The next 2 are reading The Giver and the youngest are reading different reader leveled books.
My grandson is 9 and he always has a book in hand, I believe he is reading The Boxcar Children series right now
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My granddaughter turns 5 years old in several weeks and she is currently reading Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
I wish my kids would read. My oldest just read the Monkey’s Paw for school. Thank you
My son is currently reading Percy Jackson and The Lightening Thief. He is nine.
My grandson is 9 and he is reading Harry Potter,,,
My grandchild can’t read by herself yet, but she is learning. Looking to build up her books so when she gets more advanced she’ll have lots of choices.
My daughter loves to read. Her favorite book and the one in her hand right now is……Raggedy ann and ME.
My son is reading ice dogs right now he is 9 my daughter 8 loves anything princess or fairy tale related and my four year old loves me to read animal books to him
My eight year old is reading, Man Sponge and Boy Patrick.
My grandson loves Five Little Monkeys. He is four.
My daughter is 10 and is reading the 39 clues books.
My son is almost 5 and is really into the Early Reader books and we just read The Day The Crayons Came Home which was a huge hit!
My son is 16 and he is reading Harry Potter.
My son is 6 and enjoys reading his numerous Lego books
My daughter is 3 and not reading yet