Kids’ Reading Challenge 2021 – Adventure & Magic Awaits!
Kids Reading Challenge 2021
For those of you who have been patiently waiting for the Positive Primary Kids Reading Challenge 2021 – thank you so much for hanging in there! I needed to take some time off from writing to deal with some of life’s curve-balls. But, AT LAST, here it is – better (four months) late than never, right?
Drumroll, please…
Inspired by the LEGENDARY annual Popsugar Reading Challenge, in this post, I am sharing the first of what I hope will be many reading challenges for kids.
I’ve included both a printable PDF and an editable version that you can adapt to however suits you. The challenge is open to everyone. Older primary school-aged children may want to do the challenge independently, whilst younger children may need support in choosing and reading their books. There’s no reason why you and any teens in the family can’t join in too. The more the merrier!
What Makes this Children’s Reading Challenge Different?
I have deliberately included a good sprinkling of diverse prompts in this challenge. I hope that they not only encourage plenty of reading but also introduce kids to a variety of important and sometimes challenging social, cultural and environmental topics.
How Will This Kids Reading Challenge Benefit my Child?
I know that many parents struggle to get their kids reading as much as they’d like them to. Some kids just don’t want to read at all and would never pick up a book if that was an option. It can be difficult to encourage them without pushing too much and turning them off completely. Even the most avid little bookworms can get stuck in a pattern of either:
- Reading the same author almost exclusively
- Always reading the same genre
- Reading books that aren’t challenging them
- Choosing books that challenge them too much… and they lose motivation
The Popsugar challenge creates SO MUCH excitement each year – I wanted to create a version of it that was more accessible and appealing to children.
How Does the Reading Challenge Work?
Here’s the important stuff. The first rule of the Kids Reading Challenge – there are no rules to the reading challenge! Here are some guidelines to help you out:
- Books can be any format (physical books, kindle/e-reader books, audiobooks, comics, graphic novels…)
- All prompts are open to interpretation – there are no right or wrong choices. What one reader thinks fits a prompt might not make any sense to another reader.
- Each reader can ‘design’ their own challenge to suit them.
Some Ideas of How to Complete the Challenge
As mentioned above, you can design your own challenge using the prompts, or even tweaking them to appeal to the reader. Here are just a few ideas to get you started:
- Complete the entire challenge (read 40 books, one for each prompt)
- Set your own goal (e.g. read one book per month or one book per week)
- Choose prompts to fill a ‘bingo board’ and offer an incentive for each row completed
- Print the prompts, cut them into individual squares and put them in a jar or drawstring bag to choose prompts at random
Keep Motivated, Inspired and Connected
GoodReads
Just like the PopSugar challenge I have set up a Goodreads group where everyone can share their reading so far and inspire each other if you are stuck on what to choose for a prompt.
Are you more visual? Use the hashtag #2021KidsReadingChallenge to share books as well as anything and everything related to the challenge over on Instagram. Remember to tag me too – @positiveprimarykids
Reading Journals and Stickers
If there is enough interest, I will design some digital reading journals and stickers to keep track of reading. These will likely be both printable or digital for use with annotation apps like Goodnotes.
Ready to Start the Challenge? – Let’s go!
Follow the steps below and dive in:
- Download your printable prompts
- Join the Goodreads group
- Connect on Instagram with #2021KidsReadingChallenge And remember to tag me @positiveprimarykids
Okay – let’s get reading! What will your child’s first prompt and book choice be?
Let me know in the comments box below. Also, if you have any questions that I haven’t answered here, or you want to get in touch, please drop me a comment.
Enjoy!
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