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Idaho Family Reading Week November 17-23, 2013
Sponsored by Read to Me, a program of the Idaho Commission for Libraries
Libraries.idaho.gov




Tips for Hosting a
Family Reading Night at Your School

Sample Family Reading Night objectives:
• Increase the knowledge level of parents and family members about things they
can do at home to help nurture readers.
• Involve more parents and family members in the education of their children and
help them feel welcome as learning partners.
• Host a fun, free, multi-generational activity where families and teaching staff can
show students that they value reading and learning.
Ideas for Family Reading Night:
Teachers and guest readers can read with students in classrooms while families listen to
a guest speaker.
Issue a reading challenge. Set a goal for how many minutes families can spend reading
at the event. Provide lots of fiction and non-fiction books and magazines. Consider
using listening stations to play audio books.
Imagination Stations. Set up a series of stations around the library or school. Give
families a customized menu card (see Programming folder) and let them complete
stations on their own. Determine if a certain number of stations must be completed, or if
prizes will be awarded for completion.
Sample Literacy Stations:
Infants, toddlers and preschoolers: Set up ICfL’s Early Literacy Stations around the
room or distribute throughout the school.




Idaho Family Reading Week November 17-23, 2013
Sponsored by Read to Me, a program of the Idaho Commission for Libraries
Libraries.idaho.gov


Create a reading corner with themed books to read and support material from Read
to Me program-Rhymes, Songs, and Fingerplays.
Paperback book exchange: Encourage students to bring in a book or two to
exchange for different books. Have a dozen or so books to initiate the exchange.
Do mini-workshops on literacy development- phonemic awareness and other
literacy skills; the important role of males as reading role models; how to motivate
reluctant readers; guided reading; the importance of family reading; summer
learning loss; or other topics that will help children become proficient readers.
Imagination Journal station: Give each child a journal, available for free through
the ICfL. Have crayons, markers, colored pencils, bits of colored paper, etc. available.
More ideas for activities are on the back of the journals.
Genre Passports: Set up stations containing several different genres of literature,
such as fairy tales, wordless picture books, science-fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.
Give each family or student a “passport” which can be stamped after each type of
book is read. Prizes can be given when the passport is full.

Increasing Parent Attendance:
Door prizes: Invite all participants to write their name, phone number, and the title of a
good book they’ve read. Prizes could include book bags, gift certificates, etc.
Refreshments: It is fun to have the refreshment tie into the theme of your Family
Reading Night. Ex.-pigs in a blanket for Snuggle Up and Read.
Coordinate with another event at the same time, such as the book fair.
Include a performance by the choir, band, orchestra, step team, etc. If the children are
required to be at school the parents are more likely to attend.
School Librarian and classroom teachers design a project involving the students' favorite
book or the last book the students' read in class and create an art show that is
displayed on Family Reading Night.



Idaho Family Reading Week November 17-23, 2013
Sponsored by Read to Me, a program of the Idaho Commission for Libraries
Libraries.idaho.gov


Ask the mayor, meteorologist, local high school or college athletes, or some local
celebrities to read as an opener or closer.
Book drive for Operation Wishbook: advertise the drive and your goals for it on your
Family Reading Night flyer.
Community sponsor tables: local library, Reading Labs, GED programs, etc.
Information table about reading initiatives that your school may have, or information
about Idaho Core Standards.
Costumed characters can be borrowed from Barnes and Noble or
www.costumespecialists.com/index.html.

Other Considerations:
Ask teaching staff to decorate halls and event space with students’ literacy projects.
Parent handouts might include: agenda for Family Reading Night, list of sponsors,
presenters’ bios, public library information, Parent’s Guide to the Idaho Reading
Indicator
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/reading_indicator/docs/parents/New%20Parent%20Broch
ure2011.pdf
Send invitations to school board members, superintendents, local legislators, city council
members, business leaders, public library staff and others who have an interest in
student achievement and reading.
Send a news release to the media (see Planning and Marketing section).
Take photos of the event to display in school, place in your school newsletter, and
distribute to people of interest. Write a brief follow-up story for the school newsletter
thanking people who supported the event.


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