For All Age Groups Reading Month Calendar Design a reading calendar identifying a simple reading activity for each day of the month. Send calendars home with each child to share with parents and other family members. The calendar might require reading a poem, reading labels on clothing, reading a street sign, reading a recipe, reading a story to a parent. Reading Buddies Parents and children, siblings, community volunteers, older and younger children pair up to read together.
Buddies can find books with the younger children's special interests in mind.
Buddies can also make audiocassettes of themselves reading the stories together. Hold a weekly drawing for small family- related reading prizes. When the mystery is revealed on Friday, children who correctly identified the book are photographed and listed as the Super Sleuths of the Week on the library or hallway bulletin board. Invite community members to be judges or to donate prizes for the winners. The Great Reader Match-Up School staff display baby pictures with a favorite children's book in a central location.