How to Have a Reading Marathon with Your Children
You Will Need the Following:
Books
Time
Small Prize (Optional)
Set a Time Limit
A reading marathon needs a reasonable time limit. You may want to hold a reading marathon on one day to see how many books can be read by people in one day. You may also want to have a reading marathon over a week or a month to see how many books can be read. It depends on the goal that you hope you or your children reach.
Gather Books
Before the reading marathon starts, gather books to be read. If you already have books for a variety of reading levels in your house, you are set. If you do not have books, you may need to go on a trip to the book store or the library. If you want to keep the books and you have the money, the bookstore is where you need to go. However, if you only want to read books and return them, the library is a great place to go.
Set the Rules
Before the reading marathon begins, set the rules of the competition. Do books have to be read during certain times of the day? Do books read at other times of the day not count towards the marathon? Are people allowed to read books during meal times? All these things and other questions your children may ask need to be answered before the reading marathon takes place.
Start the Reading Marathon
Once all the books are gathered and all the rules are known, start the reading marathon. Hopefully your children will constantly read books at times that are allowed for reading.
End the Reading Marathon
End the reading marathon. Count the number of books read by each person. If your children are good with one person receiving a reward, give a small reward such as a candy bar to the person who read the most books. If not, congratulate everybody on doing a good job and encourage your children to try to win the next reading marathon.
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Post a Commentyou may want to keep a chart showing the amount of books read.
Well written good article Laura Everly
great fun!!
fantastic work:) Great ideas :) Love reading and books