Photograph Credit: Half Price Books
Miss 6 informed me that she has read 14 books for summer reading. She is keeping a pile of the books she has read for me to record on her reading logs.
As I write this post, she is camped out in our reading corner reading more books.
Definitely fascinated by books, she loves to “read” what she thinks the picture is communicating rather actually reading the words.
She gets frustrated with how long it takes her to read which I am hoping that patience, a well-written curriculum, and repetition will cause a steady improvement in the next couple of months.
In the meantime, Miss 6 enjoys her books and allows us to assist in reading the stories.
Moving from create-your-own summer reading program to log your minutes, the next highlighted program comes from Half Price Books.
Half Price Books Feed the Brain
Photograph Credit: Half Price Books
Participants
Children ages 14 and younger.
Program Length
June and July 2014.
The June logs are due by Sunday, July 6, 2014.
The July logs are due by Sunday, August 10, 2014.
Goal
Read every day for at least 15 minutes totaling a minimum of 300 minutes per month.
Requirements
Work on your summer reading and record the number of minutes read each day on your reading log. Add up your minutes and have a parent initial each weekly total.
Redemption
Take the finished reading log to a participating Half Price Books store.
Reward
Qualifying participants who read 300 or more minutes during the month and submit their reading logs by the monthly deadline will earn $5 in HPB Bookworm Bucks.
The coupons are valid through August 27, 2014 and apply to a pre-tax amount on your next visit’s transaction.
Multiple eligible family members may participate, and minutes parents read to their children count in the total minutes read.
One top reader award of a $20 HPB Bookworm Buck will be chosen for each month in each age category (ages 5 and younger, 6-10, and 11-14). For more details, visit the Half Price Books website.
Half Price Books Feed the Brain Benefits
In establishing good reading habits, Feed the Brain encourages reading 15 minutes per day. As participants are encouraged to submit their reading logs once they reach 300 minutes, obviously more minutes are allowed each day.
Even if you start this program after the June 1 or the kickoff on June 8, your reader can make up the time missed by reading more on other days – if needed. If your family is like mine, we don’t even track all the books we read.
We definitely read at least 15 minutes per day, but many times I forget to consider the little book here and there or the nightly reading series as part of that time – though I probably should.
Keep on emulating good reading habits and encourage the progress they make on their summer reading journey. Happy summer reading!
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