Summer reading

Every summer, I enter the kids into the summer reading program at the Oakland library. They track what they read and get prizes of stuff they don't want.

So this year I said fuck that shit and created my own program.  I said they had to read 10 books (real books, ideally chapter books) and write up something about it. The girls have to write three sentences. Parker has to write a book report which he learned this year.  When they get to 10, they get a small prize of their choosing. When they get to 20, they can have a larger one.  30...even bigger.  They each have a journal to document their progress complete with colorful star stickers. They all chose locking diaries for their first prize and Elizabeth, one week in, has achieved the first reward plus some.  She is a reading and writing machine. Miranda, true to her nature, is steady and doing well almost at 10. Parker lost interest quickly around three books but regained it when he saw the girls doing so well.

So far, so good.