I’ve always been a bookworm and it seems the bookworm gene has been passed along to Kora and Logan. They love to read, even to the point that Dave and I have to tell them to stop walking around while reading for their own safety!
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This makes me very happy and that’s why I’m excited the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge.
The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is fantastic because it encourages kids to read in a fun way whether they are avid readers already or not. Now in it’s 8th year the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is dedicated to stopping the summer slide with the them of “Reading Under The Stars” powered by Eveready. Throughout the summer kids will hop online, log into their Summer Reading Challenge Account and read around the galaxy and constellations as they log their reading minutes. As kids log their minutes online, constellations will light up and fun facts will unlock.
I knew this was something Kora & Logan would be excited about. We opened up the Challenge website, the kids picked out their account names through the unique name finder, and then they started logging their reading minutes.
They then started reading and reading and reading. They were so excited to log in their minutes that they have been reading all…the…time. It’s been amazing!
They love keeping track of their minutes and trying to hit their goals.
They also enjoy the prizes as well – which are online mini-mysteries by some of their favorite book characters like Geronimo Stilton.
Here they are to tell you about the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge and why they like it so much:
I’m so glad I had the opportunity to introduce the Challenge to the kids, they have been having such a great time with it and it’s really taken their reading time to another level. I was pleased to hear them say in the video that they recommend it to other kids and think they would have fun with it too.
I was impressed to learn that in 2013 Scholastic inspired more than 130,000 kids from 4,200 schools from all 50 states and 31 countries to set a new record for summer reading of 176 million minutes! But after using the site for awhile now and seeing how much Kora & Logan love it, I can see why!
The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is a free online/mobile reading program that helps prepare kids for back-to-school by encouraging them to read every day all summer long. This year’s theme is “Reading Under The Stars” powered by Eveready. I love this idea, it’s a fun theme that encourages kids to go outside and read.
When we think reading we normally think staying inside by why not take the reading fun outside and change up the environment? We’ve done this a couple of times this summer and it was really nice lounging in our backyard under the blue sky and sunshine. It’s something I hope to do many more times this summer along with planning a fun Reading Under The Stars Night with the kids.
As I mentioned above, not only is the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge a reading log where kids can all work together to go for the world record, but there are opportunities to enter sweepstakes to win prizes and earn digital reading awards when they complete weekly reading challenges including reading quizzes, text challenges, word challenges, and more.
It’s also a great way for parents to track their children’s reading progress and access the free Summer Reading Challenge Participation Guides for expert resources, activity sheets, and book lists including Common Core suggested titles, a star guide, downloadable bookmarks and more. This is all very helpful for teachers as well. There’s also new book lists including a “Reading Under The Stars” themed list with books about space, stars, astronomy, camping, wilderness, and spooky stories to read by a campfire.
Teachers will also be excited to learn that there are two grand prizes! The elementary school with the most minutes read will win a school visit from bestselling author/illustrator David Shannon, the author of the No, David! series. The middle school with the most minutes read will receive a visit from bestselling author Gordon Korman, the author of a number of books in the series, The 39 Clues.
In addition to being featured in the 2015 Scholastic Book of World Records, the top 20 schools along with the top school in every state will also receive a badge for their website and a Reading Plaque to display at school.
I was happy to read that teachers can bulk register their students as well with the improved teacher dashboard functionality. This will make it easier for teachers to register their class, import and export student lists, and email parents to maintain a school-to-home connection throughout the summer.
There’s also a Teacher Sweepstakes and Bonus Points. Teachers that register by June 30 can enter to win a classroom library and the first 500 teachers to enter will receive 250 bonus points for Scholastic Reading Club.
The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is a fantastic, fun, and inspirational way to encourage kids to read this summer.
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wow..my kids would love..would probably set up a tent in yard with flashlights and let them enjoy some books with snacks :)
I would make it a fun time at grannys. Just in the span of her few houses, there are over 10 kids. Thank you
We would do a sleep over with lots of reading and treats!
I would invite the neighbor kids over and have a get together
I would put up the tent and grill out.My 4 kids love reading and love camping so what a great combination for them
I would have it be part of my kids birthday party.
we would have a reading party where we all read books and a fun sleepover!
I would invite my nephew and we would go back yard camping.
I would invite my daughters friends and my nieces and nephews over
We would go camping
I would invite my young nieces & nephews over for mock sleepover .0, set up the backyard , have snacks, read & watch a movie based off a book .
We always like to “camp” outside in the backyard during the summer, so going into the tent with flashlights, munchies and good books to read together sounds like a great idea!
We would sit on the porch when it gets dark and use the flashlight to read a bedtime story. :)
We would have a camping night in a tent with some books ;)
Sweet! We just signed up our daughter for our local library’s summer reading challenge, too. For every 20 minutes I read to her, she gets to color a star. When the sheet is complete, she get s a prize. :)
I would let my grandson and or nephew have a party. This would be fun!
backyard campout reading party
We’d have a lot of treats and have a book reading surrounded by a lot of twilight turtles and ladybugs (we have many!).
I would set up a tent and have snacks! My son would love to have a party like that!
We’re planning to camp out in our backyard this summer. We’d definitely use the things then. But, my daughter often reads by her nightlight after we’ve put her to bed; she thinks I don’t know. So, she’d probably use the lights to do so in her room.
We would definitely invite some friends and neighbors. Make S’mores, and play some games, Then of course sit down with some GREAT books!
We would definitely throw the best summer party ever, under the stars!
We would invite friends, get a few additional tents and roast marshmallows while reading
I think it’d be fun to do a backyard campout and read next to the camp fire :-)
I would invite my sons friends over for a campout outside. Thank you.
My kids would LOVE to camp out in the backyard and roast some marshmallows!
I’d love to have a few of my grandson’s friends over and have a fun camp out in our backyard.
I think a sleepover with a few friends perhaps out in the yard in a tent with little campfire and all!
I would love to have an acting out the book party!
We would host a sleepover/camp out with flashlights and books outside underneath the stars.
We’d have a sleepover with lots of reading in the evening before bed.
We’d invite friends over and set up a tent in the backyard.
I’d let them camp out back and get the telescope up for further stargazing.
I would let my daughter camp out with her cousins in the backyard
We would have a stargazing camp-out!
We would have a camp out in the backyard and read in the tent
I would have my grandkids over for a sleep over. We would build forts in the living room and take turns reading.
I’d have all my older son’s friends over and have a reading party under the stars in our Atrium!! It would be a perfect way to spend a summer night. I may just do it for my son’s birthday!
I would invite the kids friend’s over and have a reading party of course! heck, maybe my book club would like to have an adult book party.
I would invite some kids friends over and have a reading party!