Summer Reading Programs

[mtlawson]

(This post may seem to be coming a bit late, but some schools have only recently gotten out for the Summer.)

I'm sure that most people are aware of Summer reading programs for kids at your local library.  They typically have all sorts of incentives (cheap trinkets) to get your child reading instead of playing around on the console game system.  But

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[nathreee]

That sounds like a neat idea. Though I must say that as a kid, I learned more from playing sid Meier games than I ever learned from reading children's books. I say take an interest in why your child might be spending so much time playing games too; they might be learning something.

[mtlawson]

Oh, definitely. We mainly restrict computer time to a certain amount of time per kid per day, and they can often be found playing Civ IV among other things. Boardgames, RPGs (when they've decided they're interested), and other games are all allowed whenever during the Summer. We personally want to keep them reading; they like reading, and the library's reading program keeps them focused.

Besides, when they come to us and say, "We're bored," meaning "entertain us," we can point out the books they brought from the library.

[bogwitch64]

Those days are loooooooooong gone for me! We do have a summer reading incentive in our town, with book club sort of discussions to follow.

[mtlawson]

The incentive for adults for our library system is that every four books read gives you a raffle chance at the grand prize: a nicely sized gift card to our local major independent bookstore and a one year membership in the Friends of the Library program (which has it's own advantages.)