We received a kit to get us going that includes some exciting books – both fiction and non-fiction about science and STEM. My girl – simply provide her with books and she’s happy. She’s content. She’s learning.
I’ve shared before that she has a love for reading. Utilizing the completely free and online Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge allows access to reading certificates, log sheets, pledges, book lists, games and more! Parents, prevent that “summer slide”, reading books all summer will help your child retain all of those core skills they’ve learned over the school year. You can sign up your child or go the extra mile and sign up the entire family on the Scholastic website. The Summer Reading Challenge runs through September 4, 2015.
The theme for the summer reading challenge is Power Up & Read. Scholastic and Energizer have partnered up to encourage families to find innovative ways to discover the power and joy of reading. Kids can log their reading minutes to unlock stories written by popular authors like R.L Stein, Jude Watson and Gordon Korman. Plus, they have the chance to ear rewards and win prizes. And (I know, there’s more!) they will help set a new reading world record for the summer. Last year reading record was 304,749,681 minutes – can we beat that record this year? I think so!
Scholastic has all of the resources needed to make it a successful summer spent reading. Maggie McGuire, parenting expert and VP of Scholastic Parents Channel has tips to help get the summer reading challenge powered up for you!
Power Up & Read: 5 Parenting Tips for Summer Reading
- Find books that makes kids laugh
- Introduce kids to STEM and science through reading
- Ways to get crafty with your kid’s favorite summer reads
- Tips for reading-on-the-go during summer vacation
- Rainy day reading activities
It’s important to keep your kids reading all summer long!
If that wasn’t enough, Energizer and Scholastic are partnering to create the “Power the Possibilities” campaign. This campaign gives parents the tools they need to unlock their child’s talents, fuel their ambitions and set them up for future success. You can buy any specially marked pack of Energizer brand batteries to scratch for a chance to win one of thousands of prizes that will power discovery and learning.
20 Responses
It is so good to get children involved in reading during the Summer to keep up their reading skills. My son and daughter were involved in a reading program in the Summer when they were younger. They loved it!
I make sure my kids read every day all summer. It’s so important.
We get are kids involved in summer reading programs every summer through our local library and they love it.
I think all kids need to have a reading program during the summer,they get bored or lazy if they dont
My kids love to read, we read aloud everyday so much family fun
I think this is a really good idea and the kit seems really cool. My son was in a reading program when he was in school, but I don’t think it was as good as this one.
Wonderful! This would be great for my nephews.
This is great, I used to love summer reading when I was in school.
I think this is awesome. When I was young we had a bookmobile that went around during the summer, and you could rent books. I loved it. Kept us all reading the entire summer. Now that books are much more accessible, programs like this will help to encourage kids to read.
I think i would get my child involved in reading this summer he is only six but they never too young too try i always read too him but i want too prepare him for the first grade this coming september.
This is such a cool program! Some of my fondest memories from my childhood are reading good books during the Summer time. It’s a nice thing to that they offer so many activities and incentives for free too!
Yes! I love a challenge….and reading is the best!
I used to read every summer, all summer. I wish I still had that much time to get lost in a book and not have to pay attention to time.
This is awesome. We have little ones in the family who will love this. Thanks for sharing
this is great…I so wish we have a way to take books to kids in the summer. I took my son to the library and will continue to do the same thing. Reading is something that has to be practiced!
what a great reading challenge to stimulate young minds
I think it’s wonderful to get kids to read. Our library has a reading program during summer where the kids get prizes the more they read
I used to love Summer Reading Challenges when I was a kid. I would read 25-100 books for each one 🙂
I think reading all the time….even in summer is so very important to children. Not a forced read, but reading of books that allow them to learn without realizing they are learning…lol..
We’ve read daily with our girls in French and English. It’s a priceless gift that will serve them well no matter what they choose to do!