It's hard to believe that so many months have passed and it's time to kick off our SECOND ANNUAL SUMMER READING SPLASH! We had so much fun last year and hope that you and your children did as well. We're looking forward to another summer filled with lots of reading and great books! (This reading program is open to ANY homeschooled student - you do not have to be a TOS magazine or E-newsletter subscriber in order for your children to participate.) As a matter of fact, we are so passionate about getting children to read, we'd love for you to share this information with EVERYONE you know! Please forward this e-mail to all your homeschooling friends and share the news about the Summer Reading Splash!
Over the next 3 months, we'll provide lots of great information and creative ideas for encouraging your children to read. Below, you will see (in more detail) what all we have available to you NOW. As the summer progresses, we will add more resources to Splish's blog. You'll want to check back often! In the coming weeks and months, we will be offering several freebies and downloads to enrich your family's reading fun!
Summer is a fantastic time to promote reading to your child(ren). Take a break from your regular studies and just spend some time reading to and with them. We are looking forward to another fun summer and hope that you will encourage your children to participate. Please continue reading below to learn more about some of the awesome things we have planned for the summer. Then, go pick up a book and READ!
Set Reading Goals
We will be providing you with downloadable record-keeping sheets; these are available in two formats- for younger students and older students.
We encourage you to help your children set attainable reading goals this summer. Let your children take an active role in helping to set their own goals; they will be more eager to read if they are doing it for themselves! At the end of our 10-week program, you'll have opportunity to share your child's reading logs and he/she will automatically be entered in a drawing for free books!
Reading & Literacy Statistics
Students who reported having all four types of reading materials (books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias) in their home scored, on average, higher than those who reported having fewer reading materials.
Studies of out-of-school reading habits of students have shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year.
This year, we have decided to kick things off with a fun coloring contest! We have two coloring pages - both featuring our mascot, Splish the frog - one for older kids and one for younger kids.
To enter the contest, click here. Download the appropriate coloring page(s) and print. Then, follow the rules for submitting your entries. (Be sure to read the entire page.)
The winning entries will be "popping up" throughout the summer on Splish's blog. And, the best part ... we've got a great prize package of summer reading material for the winners as well! So, get those crayons, markers, and colored pencils out and get to work!
All submissions due by June 16th.
Scavenger Hunt Fun
Throughout the Summer Reading program Splish invites you to join him in his scavenger hunt with great freebies given away each week. Climb aboard and join the fun, The adventure is about to begin, Follow the clues along the way, To see what you will win. Look around and you will see, Splish's favorite place to read. Hop upon his lily pad, And let the hunt proceed.
Be sure to visit Splish's blog
If you are repeat participants in our Summer Reading Splash program, then you already know about Splish's blog. This is the "hub" of the summer reading program.
If you have not already subscribed to follow this blog, or if this is your first year to read along with us, you will want to subscribe to the blog ASAP (sign up in the sidebar). You won't want to miss any updates.
Throughout the summer, we will be sharing about some wonderful books that you will want to read and authors you may want to learn more about. We've had donations from some great authors and generous publishers. At the end of the program, we will be having a drawing to give away ALL these books! We may even throw in a surprise contest here and there.
So, be sure to keep track of EVERYTHING you read this summer! Splish wants to know all about it.
We hope that you will encourage your children to participate in the SECOND ANNUAL SUMMER READING SPLASH, not only by reading books this summer, but by playing along in our weekly scavenger hunts. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.
Sincerely, Splish and the rest of your friends atThe Old Schoolhouse(r) Magazine
May. 30, 2009 - To the anonymous commenter above -
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Do you have some form of Adobe installed on your computer? These reading logs are a .pdf file, so you'll need to have Adobe Acrobat or Reader installed on your computer in order to open them.
Hope that helps,
Splish
We hope that you are participating in our summer reading program! It's going to be a lot of fun. Here on our blog, we'll be posting weekly topics for you to think about and answer. We'll be giving away some great books throughout the summer. Please add us to your friends list and check back often.
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