Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting 24-hour giveaways at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET to give you plenty of chances to win!
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Borders is Double Dog Daring you with their Summer Reading Challenge. This summer, they want to encourage kids to read — and enjoy doing it — with a fun reading challenge/ Have your child under 12 years old sign up at the Borders store nearest you. All they have to do is read any 10 books this summer and they’ll receive a FREE book!
Harper Collins has this tip for helping kids enjoy reading:
Bring Your Book to Life!
A good book lets your child’s imagination run free to visit new worlds. After your child reads a book, help him or her to use other creative parts of their brain and build the world even more by acting out their favorite scene from the book. It’s a great way to have family fun on a summer night, or to bring together your child’s friends on a rainy afternoon. Even better, video the performance and you’ll have a great memory to revisit later!
Here are a few tips:
- Have your child imagine what the book would look like as a movie
- Let them design what the scenery would look like
- Encourage your child to choose their favorite character, and explain why
- And have fun!
Today, another lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a $100 Borders Gift Card!
To enter, tell me what challenges you face in trying to encourage your kids to read more.
Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!
If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.
Methods of entry:
1. Leave a comment. What are the challenges to getting your kids to read?
2. Add Deal Seeking Mom to your blogroll or add my badge to your sidebar. Make sure to come back and leave the link to your site in a separate comment!
3. Join the Deal Seeking Mom Forums to chat about your great finds, special coupon codes, and chances to win exclusive giveaways. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve joined or that you’re already a registered user!
4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.
Prize:
(1) $100 Borders Gift Card
This giveaway ends at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday, 6/30 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!
While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!
Eve
I subscribe to your email already. Thanks:o)
PS
RSS subscriber.
Bond
I give them a treat after reading for an hour
Bond
I am a part of your forum already!
Bond
I subscribe to your email
Marie R
My son is only 2 but he loves to read. My biggest challenge is for him to stay focus sometimes and be able to sit down for more than 15 minutes
Erin
Fortunately for me both my boys love to read.
Erin
I just subscribed to your email.
Deb
I think the key is finding topics that the kids are really interested in and finding all the material you can about them. People in general want to find out more about something they are fascinated about.
Stephanie
My challenge is getting my son to put his ds down long enought to do anything else.
drasylve
I think the biggest challenge is looking for new authors or subjects that they will enjoy.
christina
I am a member of the forum
christina
hardest part is finding something that they enjoy reading.
Em
Challenges are to find something interesting and something that keeps their attention throughout the book!
Em
Member of forums.
Em
Subscribed to email.
christina
I am a subscriber for email
Mari
I am a subscriber through Google Reader.
Cami
I get the emails.
Mari
The biggest challenge is keeping out distractions such as tv, toys/games, etc.
Cami
My kids love to hear stories but it’s always fun to get new ones.
Krisi
My kids love to read but the biggest thing is having another “new” book to read! They like to read them only once or twice and then think they need a new one!
Marian
My 6 year old reads daily and loves it!! She is doing a reading program with the local library but I think I will also sign her up for the Borders program.
Bridget
Getting them to sit still long enough.
Krisi
RSS reader
Jennifer
I dont have a blog but if I did you would be on it!
Jennifer
I subscribe to your email
Carrie
Getting my kids to read isn’t very hard…they have reading time before bed every night.
Carrie
You are a link off our blog.
Jennifer
My daughter is only 3 but she loves to read. It’s a great way to transition her between activities as well.