Last summer was my first year to do a summer reading program. It went very will except for the way I gave out the prizes for reading books. I would like ideas on how you give out prizes. Thank you
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We're doing a read-to-me club for preschoolers, so I am interested in hearing ideas for incentives appropriate for younger children. And after reading Debbie Dehart's response to your original question, incentives that parents will like their children to have.
:-) Maybe other parents aren't as grouchy as I was!!!
But I'm curious to see other responses, too.
Last year we gave out duct tape to the top readers and Chick-Fil-A free sandwich coupons to all our readers courtesy of Chick-Fil-A. Colorful multi design duct tape is apparently a hot item right now with the kids and everybody loves a good sandwich.
Our "summer reading" consists of a Battle of the Books, with only one team of winners - who get a gift card to a book store. I'm considering trying to get some coupons to local restaurants to make up a packet for each participant this year.
The whole prizes thing is actually one reason I'm shying away from a more traditional summer reading program. As a parent, I really disliked all those little things that my kids would "earn" at school or church, because they weren't really worth anything and inevitably broke or got lost within a day or two. What kinds of things do you give out?