How to encourage your kids to keep reading this summer
Even a kid who loves school is thrilled when June, and the promise of an extended vacation, arrives.
I finished the creative writing enrichment program I was offering at Garden Creek School yesterday, and the kids were wild. Wild in a good way, in the way that kids get wild when the world is warm and the days are long and if they only stick out their tongue they could taste freedom in the air.
Just as important as a well-deserved break, coupled with the promise of regular time spent outdoors, is the need to keep kids reading during the summer.
Key to that is helping them find the right book at the local library or book store.
Here are a couple of sites with great suggestions to engage your kids. I’m sure you can find many more when you dig. I also recommend following @shelfietalk on twitter – there are always great suggestions there!
10 ways to get kids reading this summer
Summer Reading by Reading Rockets
But now, with trumpets blaring…
and bears dancing….
I am happy to present….
Wendy’s Summer Reading List Suggestions!
I’d like to offer some suggestions of books I think your later elementary school/middle grade child would love. The first bunch are from debut authors whose books I have read and adored. And please note I have NOT divided these into boy and girl category. Books are books. ‘Nuff said.
Debut Authors:
Other Books Your Kids Will Love
This list is by no means exhaustive, and believe me, I will keep adding to it. But these books, a mixture of old and new, will not disappoint!
Happy reading!
The post How to encourage your kids to keep reading this summer appeared first on Wendy McLeod MacKnight | Author Of Children’s & Young Adult Fiction.
