Excellence in Reading Program – Certificate & T-Shirt
Someone in a group I’m in mentioned the Excellence in Reading Program run by Mensa for Kids. You don’t have to be a member of Mensa to participate. 🙂 I really love their free printable reading lists (for K-3, 4-6, 7-8 and 9-12). There is a wonderful collection of books there. I’ll link to those below.
Here is what the Excellence in Reading Program is about (from their website):
To encourage the joy of reading, the Foundation has developed the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Program. Earn a commemorative certificate in recognition of your outstanding achievement and get an Excellence in Reading T-shirt, too!
I printed out their lists and added it to our Homeschool Planning Notebook. 🙂
Kindergarten – 3rd grade reading list
4th – 6th grade reading list
7th – 8th grade reading list
9th – 12th grade reading list
Since I mentioned our Homeschool Planning Notebook above, I thought I’d give you the link to our Free Homeschool Planning Pages: This is how I try figure out the bigger picture of our homeschool. This isn’t really a weekly/monthly planner, but rather a homeschool vision planner. It is free to download over at this post:
Free Homeschool Planning Pages
Reading! Books we Love!!
Here are some of the wonderful books we’ve enjoyed over the years!
- 15 Chapter Books my 7-year Old Loved!
- Books and Series my 8 Year old has been Racing Through
- 25 Beloved Books for Kids Ages 8-12
- 10 Books (and Series) My Kids Love (Ages 9, 11)
- 25 Beloved Picture Books for Kids Ages 4-8
- 10 Australian Picture Books we Love! (The kids were all born in Australia.)
- 15 Children’s Books Your 4-7 Year Old Shouldn’t Miss
- Encourage Independent Reading with This Cute Idea
- 20+ Board Book Recommendations (for tots and PreK)
- 10 Books My 4 and 6 Year Old Love
- 50+ Science Books for Kids
- 20+ Board Book Recommendations (for tots and PreK)
- The Hardest Lesson of All-Death and Dying –– Books our family used to cope with the death of our beloved VoVo, great grandmother
- Why You Shouldn’t Reward Kids for Learning
- 6 Native American Picture Books
- China Unit: Books! Books! A Huge List of Children’s Books
- American Revolution Unit: Books, Movies and Resources for Kids
- West Africa Notebook Pages and West Africa Books for Kids
- Civil Rights Books for Kids
- 3 Inspiring Books for Educators
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~Liesl
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