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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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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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shannon
I subscribe via RSS. Thanks
Jennifer C.
I subscribe
Jennifer C.
My daughter loves to read so no challenge there. My boys on the other hand I have to get them to sit down long enough to get interested in reading. Challenging them to read a certain number of books and get a free one like borders is doing motivates them pretty good.
Hollie Arnold
My little girl has a ton of books, however my son doesn’t have quite as many. It would be great to help him get his collection going since he will start to read this coming school year!
Barbara Manatee
Thankfully my kids love books (they are still young so we are reading to them vs. them reading on their own yet)…but my challenge is that when we go to the library, they head right for the computer or DVDs instead of the books! I plan to make it a priority to pick books first, then they can play or pick 1 movie…
jamie kelsey
right now she is only 4 and she loves to read i hope it stays that way
jamie kelsey
i am subscriber to your email
Christy
No kids, not a challenge! :)
Christy
Google reader subscriber!
Amanda A
My biggest challenge during the summer is lack of time in the evenings when we usually read for quite a while. We are at sports games and other activities until late during the summer and it really cuts into that quality reading time!
Amanda A
I’m an email subscriber!
stacey
I SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS
stacey
I HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING MY KIDS TO READ. WE HAVE A ROUTINE AT NIGHT.
Linda
I love to read and hoped that my boys would too, but they would rather play video games. So sad what they are missing.
Kerry
I have problems keeping my kids from tearing up the books before I even get to read them. I think I should stick to hard paged books for them for now…
Natalie J. Vandenberghe
I am so lucky–it is not a challenge for me to get any of my four kids to read. They come from a family of voracious readers. This Border’s gift certificate would be put to good use (even though we love our library)
Jennifer
It’s not a challenge at all to get my daughter to read–she devours books!
robyn
time and attention seem to be the issue, my kids love books but not the way i did when i was their ages…my daughter is really missing school this summer…
robyn
member of the DSM forums
robyn
subscribe via email
Natalie J. Vandenberghe
already an email subscriber
Jennifer
The only challenge is finding more time to read to them as they don’t read yet.
Jennifer
I have your badge at txmcdevitts.com
Linda Kish
We have the video game fight.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
Jennifer
I’m a DSM forum member
Linda Kish
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Jennifer
I subscribe to DSM
Jodi
The challenge to get my 9 year old to read is that he spends all day at a summer program while we are at work, and when he gets home he justs wants to veg in front of the TV.
Jodi
Forum member.
elena
my daughter is 2 and when I try reading to her she takes the book from me!!!!