We have reached a real reading slump, Ethan is half way into his first year of school, he has learned the basics of reading, learned all of his sight words and moved onto the third level of reading books, but now he's just not interested anymore. So I am looking for a way to get him motivated! So we are setting ourselves a challenge to read a book each day for a month! I was just going to print out a blank calendar and write the different books on it each day, but I thought that we ought to make it fun and silly each day to keep Ethan interested.
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So I've come up with 30 different ways to read a book, these can be the books that they bring home from school, reading books that you've got at home or books from the library. We will also be reading books online some days as Ethan's school has a special program they can use (but there are plenty of other reading apps you can choose for the 'read on a screen' day)
- Read in the dark (use a flashlight / torch)
- Read while dressed up like a book character
- Read in a den / fort
- Read out loud in a funny voice
- Read the story then make up your own ending
- Do 3 jumping jacks / star jumps after reading each page
- Read under a cosy blanket
- Read in a whisper
- Read on a screen (phone / tablet / computer)
- Read outside
- Have a reading snack (cheese and crackers look like the pages of a book!)
- Sing each sentence after you read it
- Write a sentence about the book when you finish
- Read to your toys
- Read to someone on the phone
- Squeeze a ball of play dough while you read
- Read under the table
- Read while standing on one leg like a flamingo
- Retell the story to someone after you finish reading
- Read upside down
- Draw a picture of the story
- Balance a book on your head while you read
- Write a letter to a character in the book after reading
- Read in a tent
- Read wearing sunglasses
- Build a Lego scene of the story
- Use puppets to act out the story
- Make a reading pointer and use it to follow along while you read
- Record yourself reading and watch it back
- Make funny faces while you read
- Choose your favourite way to read and do it again!
We have a selection of reading books at home from various different reading schemes and with characters that Ethan likes. I try not to buy the books from the main reading programs that they use at school so that we don't overlap, but here's a few of the reading schemes we use if you're looking for books to buy or borrow:
- Oxford Reading Tree (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Songbirds (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Read Write Inc. (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Step into Reading (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Read it Yourself with Ladybird (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Ready to Read (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Passport to Reading (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Usborne First Reading (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Disney Reading Adventures (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Penguin Young Readers (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- Let's Read (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
- I am Reading (buy from Amazon UK / Amazon US)
Download our printable calendar to keep track of all of the books that you read this month!
Or pin this idea for another month:
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I love this idea to make reading more fun. Definitely going to print it out and give it a go with my 2 early readers.
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