Keeping Track of Good Reads

My middlest daughter  has gained the most ground with her reading whenever we’ve offered an incentive of some kind.  While her older sister is reading a chapter book every two days, Jellybean still bounces around from book to book, never really seeing one all the way through. I’ve been trying to think of a way for the girls to keep a record of the books they’ve read.

I found these fun book forms tonight, they look like a creative way to summarize a book.  I’m thinking about offering some time of incentive for every 5 log pages completed.  No, they won’t have to do one on every book they read, and I might make the number higher for the 9 year old.  Our summer bookstore will be opening again in a few months, so I’m thinking of a simpler reward for the present moment.  We’ve instituted a full hour of quietness at our house, removing play and audio books for those precious moments of peace.  Maybe I’ll offer minutes of audio book time on fridays, I’ll have to think on it.

I printed several of each type of log and I’ll let them choose what strikes their fancy.  They’ll keep their completed forms in a folder and then we can staple them together at the end of the year.  I think I’ll also provide a blank list for recording the titles of books that aren’t entered into a form.

To view and print the six book logs, go here, click on any of the “logs”.

Jimmie also has some great resources for encouraging your child to dive, not just toe waggle,  into a book.