Reading Rewards is a reading incentive program with a little something for all kids. Designed to encourage reluctant readers by rewarding time spent reading in various ways, Reading Rewards also has tools for eager readers who want to share their reading experiences in a fun, online community.
As a mom of 3, I created Reading Rewards in an attempt to get my 2 school-aged boys to read more. Since its launch in 2010, I’ve expanded Reading Rewards to include tools for K-12 teachers who want to move away from paper reading logs. By setting up a group for their class, teachers can track and reward student reading in their own online community. Students can view each other’s virtual libraries and share book reviews.
Once children register for the program, they are encouraged to log information about their reading. They capture book details and time spent reading. Parents are then notified via email and asked to validate the entries. (Teachers can choose to set up accounts that do not require email addresses or parental validations).
Once the entries are validated (either by the parents or automatically), children receive ‘RR Miles’ (1 for every minute of reading) which they can redeem in various ways, from viewing a Joke of the Day, a silly Video, or interacting with other members in various games. They can only do these things if they have logged reading time. Parents and/or teachers can also add custom rewards to the kids’ RR Stores, which they can then purchase with their RR Miles.
Kids earn bonus RR Miles when they go a step further and rate/ review their books, or make recommendations to their friends. A great enticement to reading and reviewing!
Watch a quick tour of the Reading Rewards program here:
Hey just wanted to say that this is my second class that ihave started with reading rewards and i am loving the encouragement they get from it. I always tell my parents that their child reading is some of the best homework they can do and it WILL make them smarter, its great to see them now beginning to implement some of their own rewards. It really is exciting seeing my kids reading so much.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, I am so glad to hear it! We are working on some great new features that will be rolled out during the summer, so stayed tuned!!
My two sons just love the program. They have different rewards to fit what they like and it’s fun listening to them decide rather to cash it in for a smaller prize or save for the big prize (a new video game). I oversee a summer reading challenge at our church and I’m looking forward to implementing the group page with our youth. I even shared the site with the librarian at their school.
Yolana, thank you so much for sharing!!! My boys also would have similar conversations.. The concept of delayed gratification (saving up those precious RR Miles) was harder for one of them!! It’s about what works best for every child, I think. Thanks for helping spread the word!!!!
Wow! I absolutely LOVE this site!!