Family Reading Night Challenge *GIVEAWAY*

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We have been fans of Family Reading Night for awhile in our house.

In the wintertime, we love to have what the kids call “Family Fire Night.” We light a fire in the fireplace, pop some popcorn and all curl up in the living room, snuggling together to read books, maybe playing a board game, and just enjoying some unplugged time together.

When my husband is traveling for work, the kids and I will often go to the library in the afternoon or after dinner, then come home and read the night away with all of our new books. It’s such a great quiet evening when Mama is a little fried after being with loud, energetic kids all day!

During the summer – especially on summer vacation – we love to read even more. Tonight we’re in Virginia Beach and, after spending an exhausting day on the beach and at the hotel pool, we’re having a Family Reading Night at the hotel: My husband reading on his Nook, my 7-year-old reading a chapter book, me reading picture books to my 2-year-old and my 5-year-old reading a book on her V.Reader. It is unbelievably peaceful.

Well, peaceful for having 5 people in a small room. My Gracie is so proud that she is reading on the V.Reader by herself. Ellie is getting annoyed at her because Gracie is reading aloud so we can all hear that she’s reading. (Just keepin’ it real.) She’s been reading it all vacation and I’m already seeing amazing progress with her. She can even complete the reading comprehension game – which is all reading! I’m so proud of her and I’m so excited to get her a new book.

Do you ever have a Family Reading Night?

VTech and TheMotherhood are giving one lucky Girlymama reader a V.Reader and game cartridge to help with your Family Reading Night! Here’s how to enter:

Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment sharing how you encourage your family to read and if you've tried a Family Reading Night.
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Contest ends Friday, June 16th. Entries such as "Enter me" or "I want to win" will NOT be counted. Winners will be selected by Random.org, announced back here on this post, and notified via email with further instructions. If I don't hear from the winner in 48 hours, I will be choosing a new winner. 

Disclosure: I was provided with a V.Reader for review purposes by VTech and TheMotherhood and was compensated for my time in writing this post and running this giveaway. As always all opinions are mine.

Comments

[cdziuba]

cdziuba@aol.com I encourage my children to read, and have done so for years, but taking them to the library, and also by setting an example, I read all the time

[cdziuba]

I have not tried a Family Reading Night.

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[Stephanie V.]

WE have a family reading night! The kids are different ages so each one chooses the book (or chapter) for the night. WE take weekly trips to the library for new titles to keep the kids excited.
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[Kelly Raudenbush]

We do a family reading time pretty often. Because I have two emerging readers and two nonreaders, we usually read to them. But, we let them pick a book we'll all enjoy. We just finished Clock Without a Face which was fun.

[Andrea]

We read every night before bed and try to read throughout the day...I love to read all the time!

[SANDY]

we read together quietly= we read to eachother- we go to the library and search for new adventures

[heather]

we read together and they read on their own before bed. we do not currently do a fam reading night, but will start soon!

[amy pugmire]

I try to make it a habit and read to my daughter every night and i choose exciting new books she will be interested in.

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[Rebecca Graham]

We take frequent trips to the library. I haven't tried a family reading night yet. Sounds like a great idea.

[Adrienne gordon]

We have the kids read to us, then we discuss what they read.They love it.

[Mikki Cross]

My kids love to read. I encourage them to write a play on what they read. They act it out in front of friends and this encourages others to find out more and read the book.

[ria clarke]

We are a family of readers just necessarily not together. However, I insist that my son and I read together every night and sometimes daddy joins us. But I like your idea and will definitely try it.

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[Mikki Cross]

I twitted about this giveaway.

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I subscribe to girlymama by email.

[Suzette Martin]

Wow! that's a great idea. I really have to give it a try.

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[Courtney]

Family reading night is an awesome idea- we do bedtime stories but this sounds like it will work well when the kids get a little bigger and can sit still- hey maybe they'll sit still for a reader! lol.

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[Milian Ortiz]

My family goes to the library every week for new books. We love to read. We don't currently have a family reading night. However we are currently participating in our library's summer reading program. Now we challenge each other to see who can read the most books for the summer.