Reading Challenges

The Emma S. Clark Library offers reading challenges though Beanstack, an online platform designed to encourage children to read more and develop healthy reading habits. These challenges motivate readers with virtual badges, and prizes are awarded as children achieve milestones and/or complete their reading challenge.

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Ongoing Challenges:

Ongoing reading challenges have no start or end date and registration can be done anytime throughout the year. These challenges are for specific age groups with the goal of reaching a certain number of books over time in order to complete the challenge.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten – This challenge is for pre-readers, baby – entering Kindergarten, and is designed to encourage early literacy skills as parents and caregivers read with their children.

Launching this September! Mission: 500 Books Before Middle School – This challenge is designed for children Kindergarten – 6th grade with the goal of helping readers improve their reading comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary, while instilling a love of reading!

Seasonal Challenges:

Seasonal reading challenges have start and end dates and are designed to encourage continued reading during the summer and winter months. Check your Newsletter for specific registration dates.

Summer Reading Challenge – When school is out, summer reading is IN! This reading challenge encourages all children, babies to entering 6th grade, to keep reading going throughout the summer!

Winter Reading Challenge – Winter is a great time to cuddle up and read! This reading challenge is for pre-readers, new readers and confident readers (babies – 6th grade).