We have been challenged this week. The challenge is to think of creative ways to create, a Family Reading Night – a special family event where everyone in the family will gather to spend some quality time reading, and where young kids can read animated stories with their V.Reader (if you have one and if not you can enter to win one below!)
Here is my idea for my Family Reading Night. I know that one of my son’s favorite times to read is when his Nana set up the tent in her backyard and they get in and read. So I thought we could create a Summer Reading Fort once a week and we could cook up his favorite meal (chili dogs in a bowl) then we could eat up our food in the tent as a family and then read with flashlights. I remember when I was a kid reading by flashlight made it so much more exciting!
What do you think food, a fort, and flashlight reading, do you think that would be a good time?
On to the Giveaway:
I have a V.Reader and a game to go with it to giveaway to one of my lovely readers.
Mandatory Entry: What are your creative ideas to create a Family Reading Night? Do you already have one and if so what do you do to make it fun? If not what fun ideas do you have to create one?
Just enter your idea to create a Family Reading Night into a comment below by July 16th at 8 PM PST. I will choose the winner by random number generator then. I will email the winner and the winner will have 48 hours to get back to me or I will choose a new winner.
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My kids like to take a flashlight an read in the dark,it was fun for them an they always read more that way
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We read nearly every night, usually from the Bible.
we like to read books & then watch the movies after we’ve read the book – like harry potter
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we go to the library and get the books and then come home and take turns reading out loud to each other. we order pizza and have a good time.
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My kids have a pretend library where one child plays librarian and lends books to them to read.
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I have been getting the older kids to read to the younger kids books that they liked when they were younger.
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my son and I play a game called “YOUR turn!” He reads for a bit and I listen then in the middle of ANYWHERE…he will call! Your turn and I have to take the book. Sometimes we get silly and do that to each other for like every other word…then it’s just silly…but usually the “rule” is one page before you can call………YOUR TURN!
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On the family reading night plan all the dinner geared at travel make dinner from whatever region they are supposely traveling to then have books that coincide with the region for a example Mexican,Italy,Russia,or where ever.They will get a lesson in other cultures and fun.
We visit the library at least twice a week to replenish everyone’s book supply and discuss what we are reading at dinner at least once a week.
I don’t do Family Reading night really b/c my kids are 11 and 1, so not a lot of overlap. Might be good to have us all take turns reading to the one year old or something, though! Get my older one involved in that, although she does like to read on her own.
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Older children are great mentors the younger readers especially if their are problems.
We do scripture study some nights together – it’s short and sweet as the kids are very young but we just all gather on the couch and pile up and read!
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We don’t have a family reading night – this sounds like a good idea. right now we read with our son every night before bedtime. My son loves building forts int he family room – so maybe it would be fun to build a fort and then read inside of it.
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Start off with a family trip to the local library. The summer reading programs are fun. Thanks for the contest.
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They all pile on top of me and next to me on the couch or bed to read. It’s so cute.
I think an outdoor “reading under the trees” reading night would be fun! Especially if “nature” books were involved.
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