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I like to give my children the opportunity to enter summer reading programs and contests. They all read quite a bit, but it's nice to have a little incentive sometimes. It's a bit late, but here are a few programs that I found this year (As always, check out the sites first to see if you are comfortable with having your children use them.):

• Scholastic Summer Challenge - Kids sign up, take a quiz to get sorted into teams, log minutes read and read for a cause, Save the Children. At the end of the year, the winning reading team gets to choose which Save the Children U.S. program will receive a donation.

• Summer Reading Splash - This reading program is hosted by HomeschoolBlogger and includes Splish's Blog, where children may share their reading lists, enter weekly contests and interact with others. Download the reading log for younger students here and for older students here.

• Barnes & Noble - Children in grades 1-6 download a reading journal to keep track of the books they read and record their favorite parts. Return the completed form (8 books) to a local Barnes & Noble for a free book (books are pre-selected by age and based on local availability).

Don't forget to check your library! All of the libraries around us have summer reading programs with prizes.

To post a comment, please go to this post on my new blog. Thank you!

~Andrea

The time for summer reading has already arrived! The Old Schoolhouse is hosting their first Summer Reading Splash, complete with a blog here at HSB where children can enter weekly contests to win - what else? - books, or even a series of books. What could be better? TOS has also provided a helpful list of reading goal-setting ideas.

The Summer Reading Splash began on May 19, continues through July 31, and is open to all ages (even nonreaders). Reading logs and a bookmark are available for download here. By completing a reading log and submitting it to the Schoolhouse Store at the end of the Summer Reading Splash, your child will be able to choose a free E-Book.

Here are links to some other Summer Reading Programs:

Veritas Press (also see their Summer Reading Coupon Book - these are incentive coupons for you to give to your children, not store coupons)

Barnes & Noble

Scholastic Summer Reading Buzz (info at the Teachers and Parents pages)

Don't forget to check your local library; we always enjoy our library's summer reading program.

~Andrea

I am always so amazed at the resources other homeschoolers put together. Did you know that there are free writing lessons right here at HSB? Most of you probably already know this, but it's new to me!

Susan Marlow, author of the Circle C Adventures series, has put together a blog with writing lessons called Reach for the Stars! Writing Workshop for Kids. Not only are the lessons free, but Susan offers encouragement by highlighting graduates of the workshop on the blog. Anyone completing the workshop also earns a Certificate of Completion. If you are interested, be sure to sign up and follow the instructions here.

Enjoy!

~Andrea

If you haven't been to Señora B's blog at El Rincón Español and you are teaching, learning or interested in learning Spanish, it's a must see! I am absolutely amazed at the amount of information Señora B shares. Besides an extensive link list and recommended resources, she includes tons of flashcard ideas, grammar helps, cultural information and virtual field trips.

If you haven't seen El Rincón Español, please be sure to check it out and leave a comment. It is becoming a wonderful Spanish resource!

~Andrea

Maureen at Trinity Prep School is continuing her top ten homeschooling resources lists, now by category.  This Top Ten List is Literature.  I have to admit that I didn't do much other than narration with literature until I started Tapestry of Grace in February.  Therefore, my list is going to be some of my favorite online sources for public domain books and texts.  I do want to remind you to check these sites out before sending children to them.  Some of them have thousands of books, not all of which will be appropriate for children.


~Andrea

 

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