Month: August 2015

In addition to doing 3 different Library Programs this summer, I also made a 40-book challenge for Blake and Clark. I love making lists and things like this. Clark seemed to really take to it. He kept making lists of what books he would read for each category, instead of actually just reading the books. Blake had to be reminded several times that he needed certain categories still. He reads voraciously…when he picks the books. Historical fiction, poetry, biographies…not really his normal cup of tea, but that’s why I wanted to do this challenge.

Here’s a glimpse of both of their papers.

I promised both of them a trip to play Laser Tag if they finished their challenge by the last week of summer. Clark finished it with a week to spare, he was really focused on the books he needed and that was all he read. Blake finished the very last night that he could.

(Does anyone else see a blank #9???)

I didn’t get any pictures of the boys at Laser Tag, but they had a great time. I was going to let Isaac do it too, because he worked hard reading me 3 Easy Reader books each day during the summer, since he’s not up to chapter books yet. But Isaac was too scared to try Laser Tag, which was fine. Maybe next summer. 🙂

I even made myself a little list of books to read for the summer – I only gave myself 9 requirements since I don’t have as much time as the kids to read. I still ended up having to count some of the children’s books I read and just like Blake, I read extra books that didn’t fit into a category. (And I still haven’t finished my parenting book, that’s all I have left!)

A book that was made into a Movie – Princess Bride by William Goldman
A book published this year – Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
A book that won the Newbery Award – Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis and Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
A book by an author I love or reread a favorite – Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen and Abandon by Meg Cabot
A “classic” – Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A book “everyone” has read but me – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A book you started but never finished – Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
A book I own but haven’t read – From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
A book that will make me smarter – Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster W. Cline

We are a reading family!