Reading Incentives
Motivating Children
The more you read,
The more you know.
The more you know,
The smarter you'll grow.
The smarter you grow,
The stronger your voice,
When speaking your mind
or making your choice!
Encouraging children to read frequently with a wide diet of literature is important for the development of strong reading and language skills. We offer reading prizes to encourage children to visit the Library and to celebrate their accomplishments.
Throughout the school year we offer a seasonal program for preschoolers and the Reading Patch Club for five years and up. As always, we will work with which program is most motivating for the child. Our Summer Reading Program explores a different theme each season with a wide variety of prize offerings.
Reading Patch Club
This club is for kids of all reading levels and available throughout the school year. Stop by to sign up with a simple registration card in our Department and get a booklog for the appropriate reading level. We recommend this group for kids of five years and up.
Levels available are:
- Read-to-Me Group: Kids that are being read to by a grown-up or sibling
- Beginning Readers: Kids starting to read independently
- Chapter Book Readers: Kids reading books of 70 or more pages
After completing each log kids can pick one of 25 different patches! Patches make a wonderful decorating for a book bag, a bulletin board border, or even a reading banner. Let us know what you've done with your patches. Books must be checked out from Thomas Ford to count for the program.
Seasonal Reading Program
We have a special seasonal program that’s perfect for the preschool age set. Simply grab a sheet from our Youth Services Desk or download a copy of it here (PDF). (Will change each session.)
Each sheet has fun objects that a child will color for every 15 minutes of reading accomplished. After you fill the sheet (about 2 hours of reading), bring it back to our desk for a chance to win one of six prizes.
We change the prizes each session to keep children motivated and engaged in reading. There is no registration required, but the books do need to be checked out from Thomas Ford to count for the program.
