Comments on: Summer Reading Incentives for Kids (Free Printable) https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/ purposeful parenting and simplified living Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lara https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1710 Sat, 31 May 2014 02:38:46 +0000 #comment-1710 We love the library! It's our favorite place in the summer, and I'm so lucky it's within walking distance of our home. I wish we made it more often during the school year, but at least the library makes beaucoup bucks off of my fines for those nine months! Life just gets too insane…which is why I love summer so much. 🙂

]]> By: Lara https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1709 Sat, 31 May 2014 02:37:42 +0000 #comment-1709 Thank you! I have not heard of these books, either (I do have all girls), but I think my youngest would really like them after browsing a bit on Amazon.

]]> By: Becky @Disney in your Day https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1708 Fri, 30 May 2014 17:38:28 +0000 #comment-1708 If you're looking for something humorous, I suggest checking out the books by David Lubar. Very appealing for boys, but a lot of girls like them too!

]]> By: Becky @Disney in your Day https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1707 Fri, 30 May 2014 17:37:31 +0000 #comment-1707 These are all fantastic ideas. I'm a children's librarian so thank you for advocating for the library! We do so many fun and exciting things all summer centered around reading!

]]> By: Lara https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1706 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:41:25 +0000 #comment-1706 Yes. I also shamelessly pay them for reading. It's also part of their allowance all year long. 🙂

]]> By: Lara https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1705 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:40:18 +0000 #comment-1705 That is how I was, too. My mom used to have to ask me to stop reading and do other things. I just think kids today have a lot more distraction, especially in their electronics devices, and even if they like reading–and my kids all do–they are more easily pulled away by the lure of flappy birds. 😉 I guess we had Nintendo, but my brothers always hogged it anyway!

]]> By: Lara https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1704 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:37:38 +0000 #comment-1704 I really need to have my kids watch some if the shows, too. Little House on the Prairie–books and tv show–are a huge symbol of my childhood!

]]> By: Meredith S https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1703 Wed, 28 May 2014 17:49:05 +0000 #comment-1703 Having a book reading incentive is a great idea. I usually make my kids log what they have read, but giving them something to work for would be a great motivator! Great idea!

]]> By: anitaboeira https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1702 Wed, 28 May 2014 16:07:18 +0000 #comment-1702 This is so cute. I was an avid reader as a kid, actually, so avid, that I didn't even need any incentives not to read, I actually needed incentives to STOP reading. There's nothing more rewarding than the adventures inside a book. I think leading by example is powerful for kids, I probably read so much because both my parents did so too, we had a house full of books and my dad would always spend countless hours at the bookstore.

The book club idea is gold too. I have no kids, but I have friends with young kids that love reading and I must pass this idea on to them!

]]> By: Tara Brelinsky https://www.overstuffedlife.com/summer-reading-incentives-for-kids-free/#comment-1701 Wed, 28 May 2014 14:08:39 +0000 #comment-1701 My girls and little boys adore The Little Houses books. We also invested in the DVDs of the TV series which has been a fun accompaniment to the stories.

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