Disclosure: I am receiving compensation and products as a thank you for being a blogger rep for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge with Scholastic and Energizer.
The kids and I are signing up for the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge again this year and are excited to be sharing our journey with you all again. I do hope you will sign up your kids and grand-kids for this fun Summer Reading Challenge because Summer reading really helps keep kids’ skills sharp during Summer break from school. This year’s Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge theme is “Power Up & Read”, Powered by Energizer®.
I have read to my kids since the day they were born, to this day all three still enjoy Mama reading with them before bed. The moment I love the most is when the kids get to that age, which is different for every kid, where they take the book from me and start reading to me. My youngest is six and started pulling the book away for he didn’t like how I read the exclamation point sentences, clearly he puts more proper emphasis on the exclamation point than I do.
We received a huge kit from Scholastic and Energizer partnership for this year’s Power up and Read Summer Reading Challenge. We have books, awards and so much more to encourage my not-so-willing to read all of the time boys to get reading more this Summer. I do hope to log more minutes reading than last year with the boys specifically as it is difficult to find what makes them intrigued in a book. It looks like a couple of the books we received will fit the bill for helping me reach our goal of reading daily both me-reading-to-them as well as them-reading-to-me.
Parenting expert, Maggie McGuire (VP of Scholastic Parents Channel – Scholastic.com) provides tips and book choices for all ages this summer in support of the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. Maggie offers parents unique tips to get kids to “power up & read”:
· 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
I will be honest, books that make us laugh really warm our soul at the end of the night before bed, some may say it isn’t good to get the kids giggling before bed, but those moments of us reading Books that Make Kids laugh before bed, really is a special memory making moment between the kids and me.
- Books Guaranteed to Make You Laugh
- Get Your Child to Have Fun Reading
- Hilarious Board Books by Jim Benton
- Funny Books for Tweens
ABOUT THE ENERGIZER INSTANT WIN GAME
Energizer® and Scholastic are partnering to create the “Power the Possibilities” campaign which gives moms the tools they need to unlock their child’s talents, fuel their ambitions and set them up for future success. Starting May 4, 2015, parents 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.
Prizes include a family trip to New York City, a Scholastic Study Corner Makeover, a tablet with Scholastic apps, a library of Scholastic books and more! Everyone who plays can also download free digital stories for their family.
I am curious what types of books help your kids read more? Do you have giggling kids like mine, or do your kids prefer something a bit more general, serious or real-life like?
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Disclosure: I am receiving compensation and products as a thank you for being a blogger rep for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge with Scholastic and Energizer.
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Here, our kids get assigned summer reading, so they HAVE to read whether they like it or not. I prefer that they like it, though 🙂
I love this. I’ve been doing it with the kids since they were old enough for me to read to them.
This reading challenge sounds like a great idea. I need to look into this for my 6 year old niece.
I love the summer reading challenge. It’s such a great way to keep reading interesting for the kids over the summer.
This sounds great. My oldest would love to take part in a reading challenge. He’s huge into books and reading!
I love reading with my children also. This sounds like a great program for the summertime to try to encourage kids to keep up with their independent reading.
It seems like this program gets better and better each year. My kids were a part of it a while ago!
I need to get my son involved in this to encourage more reading.
I can’t wait until my oldest takes the book and reads to me and his little brother! He’s 4 1/2 so shouldn’t be much longer. I am putting together an ocean-themed reading list for the summer, hope he loves it!
Wow what a great program. I’ll be checking more information and getting my boy ready to read this summer.
we try to find a summer reading program every year. THe kids especially love them when they are rewarded with treats like pizza, waterice or even bookmarks.
Reading is something both of our kids really enjoy and luckily we don’t have to beg them to do it. I will have to check out the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge for both of them. Thanks!
This reading challenge sounds like a great idea. It is important to keep kids learning even in the summer.
I am working on getting a plan together to keep my son reading over the summer. So excited!!
Aww the magic schoolbus! I LOVED those books! Even the show as a kid 🙂
This is great! I’m all for anything that encourages kids to read!
My oldest can’t wait to learn how to read! Both my girls love reading short, simple books!
Isa and Davey are giggling. Caleb is more serious! During the summer they like a mixture of both.