Book Adventure

For parents who home school or just parents who want to encourage their children to read more, we are using the most amazing site and you should check it out. www.bookadventure.org is incredible. Many classrooms use the accelerated reader program where students can read books, take a quiz on them, and collect points to win prizes. I love this program and it seems to work wonders in the schools, but most individuals can’t afford the test for their home use. Book Adventure is very similar to the accelerated reader program, but it is online and free. You can search the “book finder” for books to read (there are thousands) by title, author, subject, or even reading level. Then, you can take a quiz on the book to see if you remember what happened. I love using this as a test for reading comprehension. If the child gets all of the questions right, they get points for the book. The site also has a “prize-o-matic” where companies have donated prizes for the kids or parents can list prizes just for their child. When the student has accumulated enough points for a prize, they can request the prize, but the parent has complete control and has to approve the prize for the child to receive it. There are even parent controls on what reading level your child can quiz on. This is a truly wonderful site. Best of all, it is FREE. You will not need a credit card or a social security number to sign up. All they require is an email address to set up your account. This is a site all parents should take advantage of.

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