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Printable Summer Reading Checklist for Kids

June 12, 2014 By LaVonne

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summer slide

This summer my Princess will still be finishing up Kindergarten homeschool. We have decided instead of giving her 2-3 months off in the Summer, we’ll homeschool year round. In August we’ll give her (and me) two weeks off before we start 1st grade. A Harvard Family Research Project in 2011 shows the importance of year round learning for kids.

What do you think of year-round learning?

I want her to keep learning through the summer and one way for us to do that is to have a Summer Reading List. She will read 1 book per week for 12 weeks this summer. Each time she reads a book she will get a star. At the end of the summer the stars will add up to money for something special. I still haven’t decided if each star should be worth $1 or $2. What do you think?

summer reading

We have 13 I Can Read! Beginning 1 Readers for her to read this summer from Zonderkidz – Zondervan’s children’s books department. She is pretty excited. So am I! She has learned to read this school year and she does a pretty good job actually. But, she just doesn’t “like” reading yet. I am hoping with this Summer Reading Challenge that she’ll fall in love with reading. Praying.

Do your kids love to read?

summer reading books

My Princess is pretty excited to be doing this summer reading challenge. She started her first book this week – I Can Read! VeggieTales Knights, Vikings, and a Battle of the Bands. This particular I Can Read! book contains 3 books in one hardcover edition. She will learn how to live like God wants us to with this I Can Read! book. This set includes: Princess Petunia and the Good Knight, What’s Up with Lyle, and Junior Battles to Be His Best.  We love VeggieTales here in our home, so I had a feeling she’d choose this one first.

summer reading challenge

I created a simple Summer Reading Checklist printable for us to use at home in our classroom. You can also print it for your kids if you like. Part of the fun for my Princess was actually putting it up on the wall. (We used mounting putty because I don’t like holes in the wall.) Here it is:

Summer Reading Checklist

right click and open in a new window to print

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Zondervan, part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is a world leading Bible publisher and provider of Christian communications. For more than 80 years, Zondervan has delivered transformational Christian experiences through its bestselling Bibles, books, curriculum, academic resources and digital products. The company’s products are sold in multiple formats, worldwide in more than 60 countries, translated into nearly 200 languages.

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Disclosure: I was sent the above books for review. All opinions are mine.

 

 

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Comments

  1. Jennifer H says

    June 12, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    We, too are doing things to avoid the summer slide. I think it’s important for kids to take a break, but also keep up what they learned as well. It’s finding a great balance over summer that’s key.

    • LaVonne says

      June 12, 2014 at 4:56 pm

      It is great to find that balance. This summer, though we are still homeschooling, it won’t be five days a week. And I still plan on taking one week off in June and one week off in July. Then we’ll take two weeks off at end of August through September before 1st grade starts.

  2. Rachel @RunningRachel says

    June 12, 2014 at 3:26 pm

    Love! My boys love the library and love to read! Thank you for sharing this reading check list!

    • LaVonne says

      June 12, 2014 at 4:57 pm

      You are welcome, Rachel. We all love our public library too. Ours does a summer learning thing each Tuesday and Thursday as well. And it’s free! We LOVE going there for some learning fun and usually crafts too.

  3. Denise S says

    June 13, 2014 at 10:39 am

    My kids would like the Curious Creatures book.

  4. jenny pizana says

    June 20, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    My kida love to reád . My 3 year old more than my 5 year old. We would read all day long if it were her choice. Would love to add some books !

  5. Joy shop says

    June 21, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    Please find some giveaways for Canadians too!

  6. Katie Fenters says

    June 21, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    My daughter loves to read . She gets it honest, her daddy and I both love to read too! I would love to win these books for her. She would also love the Berenstain Bears Keep the Faith book! She loves the Berenstain Bears series! http://www.zondervan.com/children/children-s-fiction/the-berenstain-bears-keep-the-faith.html

  7. Maureen says

    June 23, 2014 at 5:52 pm

    I think that my kids would love the Adventure Bible Storybook:

    http://www.zondervan.com/children/bible-storybooks/adventure-bible-storybook.html

    Maureen
    maureen.tenney@gmail.com

  8. Brenda Elsner says

    June 25, 2014 at 2:04 pm

    My kids would like Noah and the Mighty Ark.

  9. Mihaela Day says

    June 26, 2014 at 7:21 am

    My kids would like the Curious Creatures book.

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