It’s almost summer (break time)!! You know what that means, most kids will TRY to spend their days staring at a screen, and we will coax them to play outside or read a book. Turn your technology Driven kids into Engaged Summer Readers this break.
I don’t know about you, but every year gets harder to get my kids to choose healthy habits during the summer.
Reasons why this happens:
- This technology driven generation is just different than how we grew up. Most kids these days are semi- addicted to their phones which makes everything else seem boring.
- The usual routine and schedule is disrupted when school is out for the summer.
- Playing outside with friends is no longer fun or cool.
- Reading a book seems too school-y to kids.
In the summer kids have a TON of free time. So if we aren’t intentional in scheduling in some parental fun (reading) time for them, it will never happen.
After I taught my kids to read with The Reading Lesson, I thought they would just take off and devour books like their mom. Reading for me is very enjoyable and honestly my favorite pastime, but not so much for them. – like I said before reading seems too school-y to kids.
Here’s how to take control of summer again and turn your kids into summer readers
Like you, I want my kids to have a bit of a break from from school work, especially after the last couple crazy years! But I still want to keep their brains engaged.
A Summer Reading Challenge is a perfect way to keep kids safe from the dreaded summer slide without overwhelming them and feeling like an overlord forcing them to do something that feels like school.
They most likely don’t want to read because they relate it to schoolwork, so if you make it a challenge with small rewards you just may be able to keep them motivated and make it fun.
Keep the schedule as normal as possible in the summer to make sure chaos doesn’t creep in.
They will easily relax into it and realize that after all it actually is pretty enjoyable to read a good book and play outside.
One of the best gifts we can pass on to our kids is a passion for reading.
A Summer Reading Challenge is the way to go! Our summer binder has tools to help you create engaged readers this summer break.
What’s included in Summer Reading Challenge?
The binder includes several different ways to challenge your kids. It’s currently discounted in my shop for $5 and you get ALL this!
- Summer At-A-Glance Calendar
- UNdated June, July and August Calendars
- Summer Weekly Schedule Sheet so you can pencil in reading times.
- Hole Punch Bookmark Challenge Bookmarks – Give each child his own bookmark. Cut these out on cardstock and for every book your child reads they get to punch a hole, they also can be used to save the place in their current read. You can give incentive for each book or pick a specific amount of holes before they get a prize. I suggest giving them a GRAND PRIZE for all holes punched.
- Hole Punch Challenge Cards – These cards can be used as an alternative to the Hole Punch Bookmarks.
- Book Tracker – Keep track of all of those books your child read.
- Book List – Create a list of great books for your child to choose from.
- Reading Habit Tracker – It is said that a new habit takes 21 days to be formed. Keep track of the days that your child reads.
- Reading Journal – Your child can reflect on the story in this free-write journal.
- Book Report Youth – If you want to add a little more learning use these fun book report sheets for younger kids.
- Book Report Junior – These are designed for older kids.
- Reading Bingo Challenge – Give each child his own bingo card. Print these out on cardstock paper. If they complete one row this is a “bingo”. For each bingo, they earn a small prize. If they get a “blackout” (whole card) they get a GRAND PRIZE.
- Story drawing – This is where the story comes to life. Have your child draw what happened in the story they read each day.
- Coloring Bookmarks – These coloring bookmarks are another little motivator, especially for kids who love to color.
- No Screen-time Till… Summertime can turn into lazy time for kids if we let it. This No Screen-time Until … printable is a tool to help keep them being productive throughout the summer.
- No Screen-time Till (Blank) – Create your own duties to be completed before they can have screen-time.
Check out this list of wholesome books for kids!
This is more than just a summer reading challenge!
Learn more here > Summer Reading Challenge Binder
…And if you have Pre-READERS check this out!!
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Forest Rose is a God Loving, Blessed Wife, & Mama to 3 girls. She’s passionate about lifting moms out of the trenches that are discouraged, overwhelmed, or feeling alone or isolated. Her hope is to point them to Christ and equip them to rise up with a newfound hope and joy within, that He alone can provide. Besides blogging, she also loves to create printables!
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