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If you’re like me, you want your kids reading this summer and there are so many great reading programs out there! But sometimes my kids need just a simple chart with a little incentive at the end to motivate them! So this summer I created these printable reading charts for kids to help them track their reading! These are great to use all summer, or during the school year!
I’ll let them choose a little outing once they finish so we can go out and celebrate together!
Butterfly Printable Reading Chart
Usually when I design something for my kids I keep their personalities in mind a little. Recently we have loved going to the butterfly biosphere near our home. So for my girls I created this butterfly reading chart! They love coloring the flowers each day as they go to create a pretty colored page at the end!
Rocketship Printable Reading Chart
While my son also loves the butterfly biosphere, I didn’t think he would enjoy coloring flowers and butterflies. So I created a rocket ship version with booms for him to color in each day he reads!
Set Firm Expectations
Before you start using these charts, make sure to set firm expectations! Let you kids know what it takes to be able to color in a chart. In our family that is 20 minutes of happy reading. We have to put the happy in there because one of our kids hates reading! They could complain through reading for 20 minutes. So that happy qualifier is a great way to make sure it gets done with minimal whining!
Each day that they do their 20 minutes of happy reading they get to color in a picture! For my younger kids I keep these somewhere easy to access so they can color as soon as theyre done. Or we have even posted them on the pantry door and they color them hung up! Whatever works best for you!
Add Incentives
Summer reading is super important to keep kids up to grade level! So we add in some incentive to those finished reading charts! That means 28 days of reading for 20 minutes everyday with these printable reading charts for kids! It’s worth celebrating with your kids! Need some ideas? Here’s a few incentives we like to use, I usually try to keep them to around $5!
Ice cream date with mom or dad at the park – scoop up some ice cream in these fun bowls and head to the park with mom or dad for a 30 minute one on one date!
Slurpee from 7-11 – Easy crowd pleaser, as an incentive I would even splurge on a bigger size! 😉
Smoothie from Jamba Juice – Our favorites are Orange Dream Machine and Strawberries Wild. Yum!
Treat from the gas station – Why the gas station, I don’t know? My kids love that place though!
$5 toy from the store – This can get tricky so I only do this one if they have a toy in mind from the beginning that is for sure under $5. Or I let them pick and order a kids toy under $5 from Amazon and just hide it until they finish!
Pick a fidget – we buy these in bulk and use them for rewards for other things too! These are all the rage with my kids right now! They love to goof around with them, and they’re supposed to help with anxiety and focus. So I’m all about them too!
Earn $5 cash – Sometimes it’s nice to just hand them some cash and give them a good job!
Other Reading Resources
If you’re looking for some other reading help for early readers in addition to these Reading Charts for Kids, we have a few resources we have tried and others we have just heard about!
Learning Dynamics – This program starts at the beginning with letters and sounds. I love that they focus on lower case letters first, since this is what kids see most of! Each letter has a song and a flashcard to go with it. It’s supposed to teach your child how to read in 4 weeks, but we have used it for review with our 1st grader who has struggled with reading.
BOB Books – We also have the Bob Books! These build on each other so that your child doesn’t get too overwhelmed. They’re very simple colors and illustrations so they don’t get too distracted while they’re reading too! These are great for early readers and build up pretty slowly so they can build their confidence!
Sight word Games – We have a sight words puzzle that puts together different sight words as a puzzle. I have also see these fun fly swatter sight word games that kids would go nuts for!
Hope you have a great summer reading or school year with these reading charts, and that your kiddos love them!
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