Summer Reading Program – Swim Into Reading

Swim into Reading Summer Reading Theme

For many years I did a Summer Reading program at home with the girls.  Each year I would come up with a fun theme and make a large display for them to see.  Every time they read a book they would get to write it down and hang it up for everyone to see.  This was awesome especially when the kids younger.

Our kids have always love reading as well as listening to me, my husband, or anyone read books.  Audiobooks captivate their attention. We make it a regular habit to read every day to our girls and we encourage them to read as well.

Now that they are a little older we don’t do as elaborate of themes because they don’t need that visual motivate as much.  I came across one of the summer themes I did not that long ago that we had a lot of fun with and wanted to share it with you.  The theme we used was Swim into Reading.  All the members of the family had a different color of fish and when someone finished a book they filled out their filled and hung it in the fish tank.  The kids loved it.

I made our reading fish tank out of a table a light blue disposable table cloth hung on the wall.  Over the blue table cloth I hung dark blue and green crepe paper.

All set up and ready for the fish from reading books to be added.

Starting to see some different colored books being added to the reading fish tank

The kids are loading up the fish tank with their different color of fish from all their reading.  I wish I had taken a picture at the end of the summer.  They did so well.  Whenever the fan was on or when someone walked by the reading fish tank the crepe paper would move like the fish were swimming.  Thankful for kids who love to read.