The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes you can repeat books) before your precious one starts kindergarten. Does it sound hard? Not really if you think about it. If you read just 1 book a night, you will have read about 365 books in a year. That is 730 books in two years and 1,095 books in three years. If you consider that most children start kindergarten at around 5 years of age, you have more time than you think (so get started).
500 Books Before Middle School is a nationwide reading program for elementary school kids in kindergarten to 5th grade. The goal is to complete 500 books before entering 6th grade. It's a big goal, but simply reading or listening to two books a week for five years will put you above the 500 mark! You can read or listen to the same book multiple times and it will count every time. Be sure to log these books, ebooks, or audiobooks here on Readsquare!