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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!
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!
Felicia
I am an email subscriber.
desaiz
I subscribe to your email newsletter and am a member of the DSM forum. Would love to buy some new books for summer reading.
Amanda
My challenge is me, because my son’s still little. I need to remember to read to him when it’s not nap or bedtime.
Felicia
I’m a dsm forum member.
Mami2jcn
It’s a challenge to get my kids to read so I offer incentives like a trip to get an ice cream cone (if they read a certain number of books).
Melisa Hudson
You’re on my blog roll
Mami2jcn
I’m an email subscriber.
Jessica
I just joined the forums! (jessimarie)
Jess L.
I need to set a good example, and I don’t always!
Mami2jcn
I have your text link in my blogroll.
Heather S.
I’m an email subscriber!
Melisa Hudson
The biggest challenge I have getting my daughter to read is keeping her still long enough. She gets through a few pages and then it’s off to the next thing!
Carol
Definitely getting my daughter to sit still
Marcie
Turning off the TV!
Ashli Walker
I subscribe to the email.
Marcie
Facebook fan
Carol
Google reader subscriber
Don
Finding stories that interest my tweens, but generall Harry Potter is a sure thing!
Tatiana
Just getting the kids to sit still long enough to open the book is always difficult.
Tatiana
I’m already a subscriber.
Ashli Walker
I don’t have any difficulty getting my 2 girls ages 2 and 4 to read. They want to read so much that I have to tell them no more books after the the 6th or 7th one that they’ve brought to me.
Jennifer
I guess I’m lucky. Both of my kids love books. The challenge I am having now w/ my daughter is getting her to comprehend the book and not just reading the words. BTW she completed the Borders reading challenge and we are turning it in this weekend!
Ashli Walker
I have signed up for the forum.
sarah t
my challenge is keeping enough books in the house.my daughter loves to read and finishes books faster than i can buy them.
Jeffery
the hardest part is to get my kids to sit still.
Lisa H.
The hardest part to get my kids to be interested in something and to stay put long enough for me to finish the book.
Angela
All 3 of my kids love to read or be read to. It is just a challenge to find books that keep my two younger kids interested and want me to read more.
Heidi
I love to read!! This would be great!
cecile phillips
We dont have many challenges my boys both love to read i guess our biggest challenge is just having enough books to keep them in to it they have had the same books since birth there starting to get bored lol
Janet L
My grandkids are still small, and I have a problem with them tearing up the books.They rip the pages. I love the board books, they are nearly indestructible. Almost. hehe.