The end of the school year is looming ever closer and trying to find summer activities is always a challenge. Why not get the kids involved in some of the great Free Summer Reading Programs?
Be sure to check your local libraries- they often have incredible summer reading programs as well.
Free Summer Reading Programs
Barnes & Noble [1] – This summer reading program through Barnes & Noble gives your child the ability to earn a FREE book after reading 8 books and keeping track of them in a reading log.
Chuck E. Cheese [2] – Kids can fill out their Reading Rewards Calendar [3]when they read every day for two weeks, and then trade it in for 10 FREE play points at your local Chuck E. Cheese location.
Department of Defense [4] – The DOD offers a summer reading program for military families & children stationed worldwide. In partnership with iREAD Summer Reading [5], library programs will include activities, graphics, crafts, reading lists, incentives, and much more for children, teens, and adults.
For more information, please contact your installation library (here’s a full list [6] with direct links!) or email them.
Pizza Hut: Summer Book It Program [7]! Earn FREE Pizza!
Half Price Books [8] – Starting on June 1, children 14 and under who read 300 minutes over June and July (that’s only 5 mins/day) will earn $5 free Bookworm Bucks. There are also additional summer reading activities.
Showcase Cinemas [9] — Bookworm Wednesdays entitles kids to free movie admission to a select children’s film when they present a book report at a participating Cinema de Lux, Showcase, or Multiplex Cinemas box office.
SYNC [10] – This free program offers free audiobooks each week to teens at least 13 years old
And don’t forget to check with your local Public Library- they will likely have a program running as well!
