I am looking for a fun way to keep a record of the books my boys read and maybe the ones I read to them. I want more than just a book log, I want something fun! Does anyone have any neat ideas?
Have you looked at the Pizza Hut Book-It program? Still a log book, but monthly pizza rewards! I really like the log book we use. My kids have to write in it. Can we attach files here?? I would be happy to send it to you. It's a progressive log where the first questions ask things about the setting and the last questions ask about character development and how you felt about the ending. Let me know if you want it and I can send it to you.
One year, when my oldest was about 8 or 9, we made a paper chain. We took all different colors of construction paper and cut strips. Each time she read a book, she would write the title and author on a colored strip and make another link in the paper chain. It got so long that we strung it up across the ceiling of our homeschool room and it went back and forth across the ceiling. It was a great visual showing how many books she actually read that year. That was fun.
I would love to see it. If you want to email to me, let me know and I'll PM you my address. Or you can post it on here, some how. Thanks!
Love the chain idea!! How awesome!! Your kids could make a power point of the books they read. A slide for each book with a photo, summary, opinion, etc... They could start a blog, with pictures-pictures of the cover, from the book, coloring pages, things they draw pertaining to the book, crafts or projects from the books, etc. THEN, a the end of the year, you could pay to have the blog turned into a printed book. (These start at around $15 - just google blog to book and you should be able to pull up some sites.) I'm not 100% sure but I think blogger might even have a built in option somewhere to do this to make it easier... I was thinking of this for a year book option...
I have seen some really awesome trees people made on the wall... some 3D (paper mache???), some construction paper, some painted right on the wall, then all year leaves were added with books on them.
That sounds cute too!!! We did a fruit of the spirit tree one year I used brown craft paper, crinkled it into balls (for texture) then flattened it back out, tore it in the shape of a tree (for the rough edges) and limbs them taped it to the wall and added fruits...The kids loved it. And it made a nice, cheap, meaningful decoration for almost a whole year
Yes, I can send it to you. Later today I'll post it on here too, and you can just copy and paste it with nicer formatting to a word doc.
