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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!!!
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Methods of entry:
1. Leave a comment. What are the challenges to getting your kids to read?
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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!
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Whitney
I am an email subscriber!!
Christy
I subscribe to your RSS feed.
Amanda K
No challenges here, my little one loves to be read too, but isn’t big enough to read yet.
Rocio H.
I make my youngest child read to me so I will definitely know he read the chapter!
Rocio H.
I follow your blog via email.
MARY
I am an email subscriber.
KendraLyn
Just keeping them interested… they have a very short attention span!
Lacey C.
My only challenge is myself – making myself sit down and read with them! They don’t need any coaxing, though – my kids love books :)
Lacey C.
I’m an RSS subscriber!
Amber
My baby’s still too young to read
MARY
The challenge I have with my son is that he is too young to read so I try to read to him but he has complete control over the book and cannot read to him. =P
Amber
I’m an email subscriber
Cathy
Summer is a big challenge because they want to take time off from reading and studying.
Cathy
I subscribe to your emails.
kay
i dont have achild myself but my nephew sometimes loses interest in the subject while reading.
Cathy
I am already a registered DSM forum user.
kay
subscriber.
norma
finding the right book that keeps them interested
JoanIE
my daughter and i love this store we were just there today to turn in one of the book readers for the summer paper. needless to say we never leave borders with out buying something !!!
Erin
i am an email subscriber
Dianna
My biggest reading challenge is getting them to turn off that darn tv.
Heather
My challenge is that my boys have all been reluctant readers, even as small children listening to me read was too boring when they could be actively playing. What I did was require quiet reading every day and now, some days, my eleven year old will read for 2-3 hours a day. In fact he has already completed the Borders Summer Challenge and plans on picking out his free book this weekend!
Heather
I am registered in your forum.
Kelly
I’m an email subscriber.
Heather
I am subscribed to your RSS feed with my google reader.
Paula G
My kids aren’t old enough to read to themselves yet, so the challenge is all mine. I love reading with my children, and my oldest especially loves his books. My challenge is forgetting about the dirty dishes/floords/counters/house and making myself sit down with them for book time. We do read every night before bed, but I’d like to do it more often throughout the day.
Paula G
RSS subscriber (thanks for all the great posts!!)
Muffin
I would love to have this! Always enjoy reading a good book!
Muffin
I’m subscribe to the RSS feed! Can’t get enough of the deals!
Denise
Well, my son is only 2 years old, so I’m hoping to not run into the problem of him not wanting to read. Everyday at naptime, I read 4 or 5 little books to him before he sleeps. Then, at bedtime, he is allowed to take a couple books with him to bed to “read” as he falls asleep. He loves to read right now… It is so cute, he gives me a book and says, “Can you talk about it?” :)