Earlier this summer I wrote about joining a summer reading program. Both my son and daughter joined the reading program this summer, but only my son had the endurance to finish the entire program My son had to read 20 minutes a day; my daughter had to read 10 minutes a day, but as she is not yet two, she didn't have the patience to do that every day.
In addition to the benefit of reading over two hours a week (we read to him and sometimes he read to us), my son lucked out and earned many prizes. In addition to weekly certificates including a free visit pass to a nature museum and a children's museum, he also won gift certificates for a free ice cream at McDonald's and a free meal at Buona Beef. Those are basic prizes that any child receives if they do all of their reading for the week.
Each week they also have a weekly winner. My son was the winner on week 3 and won 3 Dr. Seuss read aloud CDs. The one is a compilation of over 15 Dr. Seuss stories. He listened to them almost all the way to grandma's house (and that is a three hour drive!)
After the reading program ended, my son found out he was one of the top 50 readers in the library, earning him a spot in a pizza party at a local bowling alley. His bowling, shoes and pizza were all paid for by the library. What a treat he had this summer!
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