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Keeping up with summer reading can be hard. We always start out every summer saying that the kids are going to keep up on their reading. We start out with gusto, but as the summer swings into full gear we fall off the wagon. Days are filled with swimming lessons, traveling, hanging out at the pool, baseball and playing.
On top of all that, our oldest doesn’t enjoy reading during the school year when it’s required as part of his school work. He stays motivated at school, because they have a reward system in place. The kids get the opportunity to participate in a class party if they meet their reading goals each quarter.
Reward charts have always worked well for us. They keep the kids motivated and mom and dad on track, so I created a fun reading bingo to help us stay on track with reading his summer.
The goal is for your child to fill out the entire form each week. They will often be able to more than one box each time they read. You could offer a small reward to your child for each sheet filled out completely.
Rewards can be a few more minutes of screen time, a piece of candy, playdate with a friend, or small toy. I keep leftover items from goody bags that I make throughout the year for holidays and birthdays (very rarely does a package contain the exact amount needed) for rewards.
Print>>> Reading Bingo
If that is more than you want to undertake this summer try this summer reading tracking sheet.
You and your child set a reading goal for the summer. Your child records the name of each book finished in the boxes. There are 15 boxes per page. Please feel free to print more pages as your child fills in a page. At the end of summer, you could offer your kids a small reward for meeting their goal.
Print>>>Summer Reading Log
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I love, love, love the bingo!!!! That will so help my children with reading this summer. We are not good about sticking with the library reading program either. My children prefer to stay at the pool and well so do I.
Thanks Sheena! My has responded really well to the bingo.
I am going to laminate the bingo so we can use a dry erase marker and then wipe it off and use it again each week.
That’s a great idea Sheena! Do you mind if I add that to the post as a reader suggestions?
I love this idea!! So cool! My daughter is still too little for this, I have to save it for later – and remember it!!
Thanks Marina!
I love your reader bingo idea! We are busy with lessons and classes, as well as family trips and daily fun activities, but my girls love to read. We sometimes set up the tent in the backyard and have a “late night” where we fill it with pillows and blankets and read together. And I loved Sheena’s idea to laminate it!
Thanks Aliza! Reading in the tent sounds like a lot of fun!
I’ve seen a lot of summer reading bingos, but I like this one. Small attainable goals for a reluctant reader! I’m working on a summer reading resource list for next week, and I’ll be adding a link to this post! 🙂
I appreciate this printable!! I want to encourage my kids to read this summer. I think this just might help! I am linking this post to my blog round-up:)
Thanks Aimee! I have a very unmotivated reader and it has helped him. He has already filled up one sheet and got to have a friend over yesterday. I am hoping that keeps him going and motivated.
awesome ideas and we can use both for the kids here – perfect way for both to track their summer reading (and year round) reading goals! Smart idea on the favors – you do always end up with not enough so you have to buy extra which are left over and if they are fun for a party how could they not be fun for a reward!! soon enough reading will become it’s one reward!
I am looking forward to that! I love to read and would read all the time if I could. There a couple of books my son reads on his own, but most times there is a lot of encouragement.
Great idea! Love the bingo game too. Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned to the Bloggers Brags Broad.
So cute! We’ll be doing our library’s summer reading program this year… but I love your printables!
I’ve pinned your post, thanks for sharing at #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup …hope to see you again this week!