Alan & Brenda Leonard

11/21/02 04:55:

> Funny, when I was growing up, our library had a summer reading program. If you
> read
> some number of books over the summer, you got an ice cream cone and a
> certificate
> or something like that.

Our military libraries had a summer reading program this year called, "Read
Spellbinding Books". They had some weekly programs that went with them,
generally related to the theme. You know, kitchen magic, slight of hand
trickes, etc. And they had a reading time where the librarian came out and
read the kids a book. (*One* book. Ooooh!)

But there was no keeping track of what you read, no rewards, no lists, or
anything like that. Not that I minded, in the sense that we read plenty
anyhow, with or without a reward. But it seemed odd, so I asked the
librarian why not. She told me that they didn't want to make kids who
didn't read well feel bad that they couldn't read enough books. So they
weren't keeping track or giving rewards or anything.

Hmmmm. A summer reading program with no book reading.....sounds like the
military came up with it, doesn't it!? Yikes.

brenda

Shyrley

On 21 Nov 02, at 15:05, Alan & Brenda Leonard wrote:

> 11/21/02 04:55:
>
> > Funny, when I was growing up, our library had a summer reading
> > program. If you read some number of books over the summer, you got
> > an ice cream cone and a certificate or something like that.
>
> Our military libraries had a summer reading program this year called,
> "Read Spellbinding Books". They had some weekly programs that went
> with them, generally related to the theme. You know, kitchen magic,
> slight of hand trickes, etc. And they had a reading time where the
> librarian came out and read the kids a book. (*One* book. Ooooh!)
>
> But there was no keeping track of what you read, no rewards, no lists,
> or anything like that. Not that I minded, in the sense that we read
> plenty anyhow, with or without a reward. But it seemed odd, so I
> asked the librarian why not. She told me that they didn't want to
> make kids who didn't read well feel bad that they couldn't read enough
> books. So they weren't keeping track or giving rewards or anything.
>
> Hmmmm. A summer reading program with no book reading.....sounds like
> the military came up with it, doesn't it!? Yikes.
>
> brenda


Our library had a reading scheme too. Read x number of books and
you get a pizza. I tried to sign up but they wouldn't let me. Seems
like they are ageist or you're meant to stop reading when you hit 18
or something :-(

Shyrley


"You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you are all the same."

Tia Leschke

> Our military libraries had a summer reading program this year called,
"Read
> Spellbinding Books". They had some weekly programs that went with them,
> generally related to the theme. You know, kitchen magic, slight of hand
> trickes, etc. And they had a reading time where the librarian came out
and
> read the kids a book. (*One* book. Ooooh!)
>
> But there was no keeping track of what you read, no rewards, no lists, or
> anything like that. Not that I minded, in the sense that we read plenty
> anyhow, with or without a reward. But it seemed odd, so I asked the
> librarian why not. She told me that they didn't want to make kids who
> didn't read well feel bad that they couldn't read enough books. So they
> weren't keeping track or giving rewards or anything.
>
Simple way our libraries deal with that - kids can either count books or
time spent reading. I think a short book or chapter gets about the same as
30 minutes. Not that I'm in favour of rewards for reading, but at least
that makes it fair to the slower readers.
Tia

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> Hmmmm. A summer reading program with no book reading

Hi,
The church I used to go to as a kid would hold "bakeless bake sales". No
goodies, just send us your money, please.
Mary J


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