Download these free bingo cards to use in your classroom or family. Join us for the summer reading bingo 2021 contest and giveaway. Share your progress for a chance to win a gift card for a free book. Read below for details on how to enter the contest

There are lots of ways to spend the summer and reading is just one of them. If you want to read more this summer than you have been, here are three choices that have helped us read more during the summer.

Download this free book tracker printable to track your reading this summer or all year long.

Our kids prefer this style of tracker over a traditional reading log and like to watch their personal stack of books grow.

Some ideas for how to use it include…

What comes to mind when you hear the words, “family mission statement”? Do you think of a nice quote up on the wall or a plaque you can buy at the store? You might and that’s okay. Today’s conversation about family mission statements goes a little deeper into the purpose of a mission statement and gives you a 5-step process for developing your own family mission statement.

If the way you are already tracking reading is working for you, carry on! No need to mess with what is working. But if you want a better system, here is a roundup of some of our favorite ideas and resources.

There are mixed feelings about reading in the Brown household, but one thing we hold in common is the value of learning. Reading is such a good way to learn, so we work to make reading enjoyable.  When it comes to summer reading, here are a few of our favorite things: