Homeschool Reading Club Excitement

I receive many emails each year from parents sharing how the Homeschool Summer Reading Club has inspired their child and encouraged them to read, read, read. This morning I received the following:

I just want to thank you for doing the reading club. My daughter was so excited when I told her about the reading club she went and filled up her backpack with books we had read...I explained it had to be books read on or after the start date of May 30th. So, she set a goal to be among the first to complete 500 pages. I again explained there would be no way to know that and it was not a race...so we read the rules together and though the start day was supposed to be a vacation day for her she wanted to start immediately.

It has been a whirlwind of reading since then. (We went to a waterpark and she packed books to read on the 1 hour car drive.) My daughter was already so excited to be able to read that she reads everything in sight, but this lead us to read much more and to stress the importance of reading comprehension. I even introduced book reviews and she has completed a few. Every evening she gives Dad an oral book report on the books read and what they were about. It has turned into quite the project. She fills her back pack with a few books each morning and we read throughout the day. Our six year old is very goal oriented and could not wait to reach her 500 pages. Today she looked through her book shelf and chose the book with the most pages. We just completed the tall task and will be sending you the list soon.

We have decided to continue to count our pages and tally them each month. I am sure the excitement will not be as fresh after a while, but she has already decided she would like to have read more pages each month than the previous. So here we go - all thanks to your book club. I love your website and use a lot of your worksheets. I have also shared the site with friends. Thanks for your dedication. ~Areli

I love playing a part in encouraging your children to read and to love reading. I hope many children will grow in their excitement for reading this summer and maybe even conquer any fluency hurdles they are facing.