Summer 2017 Reading Lists

The last few years I’ve done a 40-Book Challenge for my kids during the summer. The goal with that was to get the kids reading different genres and it worked pretty well.

This year I wanted to make the reading goals a little different. I thought it might be fun to have different levels and prizes along the way as opposed to one big prize at the end of the 40 books. So I spent far too long coming up with book lists for each child with 4 different levels. (But I loved doing it!)

Once they read 10 books from each level they get a prize and move up to the next level.

Here is a link to the spreadsheet with all their different leveled lists.

Jane and Isaac jumped right into it on the first day of Summer Break last Friday. Isaac read 2 chapter books in the morning and Jane had read 5-6 picture books by noon!

I think this is the first summer where I’m making Isaac only read chapter books, but he needs that push.

Jane has easy picture books for her first level so she flew through it really quickly! All the other boys are jealous and when I realized how quickly it was going to go for her, I tried to up the amount of books but she would have none of it. She told me that I had said 10 books and that’s what she was reading!

So she finished all 10 by Saturday and picked out a big, pink gatorade for her reward! I told her that for Level 2 though she has to read 15 books. She’s already read 4-5 and these books are a little harder and longer so that’s good.

We’ve gotta keep them busy reading all summer!