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Scholastic Summer Challenge

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Our last day of school was two days ago and already I’ve heard the common complaint of “I’m SOOOO BOOOORRRED!” accompanied by the usual allegation that “There’s NOOOOTHINGGGGG to do!”

What? Your kids too? I don’t know about you, but my usual response is

  1. I’ll give you something to do, mister; looks like the baseboards need dusting/the weeds need pulling/fill in the blank with some equally undesirable chore…

    2. OR

  2. Why don’t you go read a book?

For some reason, neither option is very appealing, at least not to someone determined to be bored despite the vast array of cleaning and reading options.

Enter Scholastic’s Summer Reading Challenge. From their website:

The Scholastic Summer Challenge™ on Scholastic.com was developed to promote reading over the summer. The exciting team atmosphere and book-related games and activities motivate kids to continue reading even while out of school and encourage them to discover new options for pleasure reading.

How does it work? Kids ages 7-12, upon registering, will take a quick quiz which will assign them to a team. Kids then accumulate points for their team based on a log of minutes read as well as trivia quizzes derived from the Book of the Week and participation in the Game of the Month. Not only that, but kids can read towards contributions to various charities and participate in an online community with online fun such as:

  • Take fun quizzes and multiply their points
  • Unlock new games and earn even more points
  • Apply their points to the Scholastic Book Fairs’ “Read for the World Record!”
  • Watch awesome celebrity shout-out videos including: The Naked Brothers Band, Lil’ Mama and Keke Palmer from True Jackson, VP on Nickelodeon
  • See exclusive content about favorite authors and books
  • Chat about favorite books like The 39 Clues and Harry Potter
  • Post book reviews on the Summer Challenge review blog
  • Enter sweepstakes for the chance to win prizes

Interested? Check the FAQ page here. Kids younger than 7 are not to be left out; they will have their own reading fun growing a virtual garden by logging books read over the summer.

Wife and mother, Bible teacher and blogger, Lisa loves Jesus, coffee, dark chocolate and, of course, books. Read more of her reflections at Lisa writes….

Since the Scholastic Summer Challenge is all about reading 4 or more books, Scholastic has graciously offered to give away a summer reading pack of 4 titles to 3 different winners (U.S. shipping addresses only), tailored to the winners’ kids’ ages.

So to enter this giveaway, leave a comment with your child’s age and sex, and we’ll see if we can get them some books that will help silence those cries of “I’m bored.”

Find out what other books and activities are up for grabs at the Summer Fun Giveaway main page. We will announce all the winners on June 11.

Comments

  2. What a great idea! Thanks for the info about the challenge and also for the opportunity. I have 2 daughters, ages 8 and 11.

  5. I have a boy who will be 6 next month, he’d love new books, especially now that he can read! He’s going into 1st grade.

  6. This would be great for my son, 7 years old. He LOVES to read and it seems like we can never have enough books for him to choose from.

  7. I have 6-8 year old neighbors that I share books and items I can find for them. This would be wonderful to share. (Won’t be having grandchildren, so they become my grandchildren.)

  9. I wish my love for books would rub off on the two boys in my family. Books for boys ages 8 and 10 would be great.

    JDSG

    visionquest2020 (at) msn (dot) com

  16. I have a five year old boy about to start his very first summer vacation and he LOVES to read! (he’s also already signed up for the Summer Challenge, we got a flier recently from the school and just had to!)

  18. Yay! Thomas my 7 year old would Love this! He’s gotten very into reading lately and I’d like him to keep it up this summer as long as I find enough books to keep him busy, lol.

  22. My daughter teaches 3rd grade and is always looking for classroom books for the kids to read !

  25. I have two a 9 year old boy who I have to pull TEETH to get to read, and an 11 year old girl who often thinks she is more grown up than she is.

    Thanks!

  26. I have a 9 yr old girl and a 6 yr. old boy. This reading challenge sounds like so much fun!

  27. My daughter is 4… Just got out of preschool and is so BORED. “I miss my friends” “I can’t play like I do at school” Yadda Yadda Yadda!! This would be great for her!! Thanks

  28. Great contest! My girls are 8 and 13 and my boy is 4. I would really love to win this for the 8 year old because she’s the one I usually have the hardest time keeping entertained during the summer.

  29. My oldest daughter, Samantha, will be four in a couple of months and she loves to read. I would like to get some new books for her.
    Alicia Webster
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  36. I have a daycare child who is an 8 year old girl and her mom was just saying that she wants her to be reading a lot this summer. This would be a great start!

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  39. This would be great for my niece and nepheww. would love to win and give this great prize to them

  40. What a really wonderful idea…I too tell my kids to go read a book when they get bored. lol I have to keep the go out and weed idea in mind.
    I have two boys, ages 8 & 12.
    Thanks so much!

  44. My 12 year old son is such a reader! I love that he loves books, I just can’t keep up… Thanks for sharing~

  45. I have 5 boys and 2 girls, and this would be great!! Ages 14, 9, 7, 5, 4, 2, 1! Thanks for sharing this and thank you scholastic!!! No better gift than a good book!

  47. I have a 8 yr old boy(reads at 5th grade level)
    and a 11 yr old girl who reads at high school level.
    They both love to read!

  49. have all ages but the older are what are hard to find things to read ages 11, 14,16

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