Last August I used the 100 Books in August challenge to get us back into the swing of things for school. It was a big hit with the kids, and at the end we celebrated our accomplishment with a family night out to eat pizza and play putt putt. A few weeks ago, my oldest son mentioned it, so I decided we would try it again! The boys got excited as I printed out our sticker chart this morning, so I have no doubt they will once again be reminding me each day how many books we need to read that day to meet our goal.
This year will be a bit different though, with my 5 year old reading now. Here are a few of our guidelines:
- If he reads a book, he has to read it aloud to his siblings (because this is 100 books for everyone!), bring it to us, answer a few questions, and then read a bit of it aloud to us, for it to count.
- Our read aloud chapter books will count as 1 book per chapter. (We’re currently enjoying On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder.)
- Books such as our science or history textbooks for school do not count.
- While I want to include as many different books as possible, my kids will be choosing the books most of the time, so I know I’ll be reading some books multiple times.
For this year’s reward, we have chosen a family date at Chuck E. Cheese’s. It was a suggestion from our oldest. 🙂 I prefer the reward each year to be something fun the whole family can do together, instead of just purchasing something. We read together, and we celebrate together!
I will definitely be sharing some of our reading here, but I’ll also be sharing throughout the challenge on Instagram! If you would like to join in, link back to here on your blog posts and/or follow me on Instagram and include the hashtags #mommythezookeeper and #100booksinAugust. It’s fun seeing what everyone else is reading and getting ideas for new books to look for!
And leave a comment telling me what your reward will be at the end of the month!
Be sure to click HERE to print out your own sticker chart too!
