Jocelyn's blog
Nov. 20, 2008
The Reading Challenge
Posted in Homeschool life
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Every year, the government holds a reading challenge to encourage children to be reading books in their own time. The challenge is to read 12 books between February and August. The Department of Education puts together book lists for various ages and the children must read 8 books from the list and may choose four of their own to make up the 12. This challenge isn't difficult for my children and I suspect, most good readers. Our problem was being limited by their list and finding the levels too easy for the ages of the children. Nevertheless, it was good to write down some books they'd been reading and get together with some friends to talk about them.  Our group actually took out a prize in the homeschooling category, so that was a bonus! We gathered around in a circle, and each person talked about one of the books they had read and why they liked it. We even had some small sections read out to us.  Adam joined in with the group this year. His reading has really taken off since the last reading challenge! He spoke about one of the Pathway readers that he likes to read. No, I don't mean as a read-aloud to me, he takes these books to bed and reads them in his own time. He spoke quite confidently and told the group that he liked the stories. He thought it was good to have stories about children who learned lessons about life.  After a quick group photo, there was time for a quick bite to eat and a play at the park.  Well, it was supposed to be quick until a certain someone let me know that she was blocked out by the previous photo....  and her charm won out... so I took another photo for her. Thanks, Cerri and Liz B for organising this. We're going to have another challenge next year - and see just how many books they read in TOTAL from Feb - Aug!!! |
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