Friday was our second annual Family Reading Night at school. I was on the committee last year, but this year I was was asked to head the committee. I was a little nervous, but I said that I would do it!
I must confess that I lost some sleep over the whole thing, but it turned out to be a lot of fun!
We had some great volunteer readers: Two wonderful teachers from a local pre-school (they got to see a lot of "alumni"!), two K-9 police officers with their dogs, a soccer coach (who did some great soccer tricks), some firemen (who brought in their fire gear and let the kiddos try it on), two high-school football players, a solider, and a teacher. We also had a book walk with a book swap, snacks, and a special visitor even made an appearance!
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| Owen with his pre-school teacher! |
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| The fireman! |
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| Special vistor! |
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| Book swap table |
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| Talented soccer coach! |
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| A lovely teacher reader! :) |
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| Thank you solider sir! |
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| Officer Buckle and Gloria! :) |
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| Book Walk! |
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| The community library was represented! |
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| Book baskets to give away! |
Our community library was represented and they gave out some fun things and had library card applications available! We received a generous donation of girl scout cookies from the brownie troupe that meets at our school, book donations from several teacher, a few stuffed animals from our principal and some other fun reading goodies from our media specialist and our Honor Society book store! I also had a lot of wonderful helpers (parents and other teachers). Does your school host a reading night? If you do I would love to hear how you do yours, I want to plan next years reading night too!
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We don't do a reading night but I have organized a Reading Week at our school before. We use it as a read-a-thon fundraiser as well. One thing that is a huge success is a Used Book Sale. Students donate books in the weeks before the sale (every 5 books donated gets them a raffle ticket to win a gift certificate for a book store). Then we set up the sale in the gym and all books are sold for $0.25. It is a great fun! I could go on and on and on if you are looking for more ideas!
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That sounds like fun! I like the idea of a book sale.
DeleteOur "admission" was to bring a book for the book swap table. Then, they got to choose a new book when they played the book walk game. I love the idea of giving away a certificate to a book store as well! Thanks for stopping by!
Hilary :)
We don't do this, but it sounds great! Looks fun!
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