I’m not one of those parents that bribes my kid to do things, so I came up with an incentive to get my 9 year old son to read. I made a reading chart. Since he likes to read books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate which don’t have chapters, I came up with a star system. For every ten pages he reads he gets a star. For every trip to the library he gets three stars plus one star for every book he checks out and finishes reading. It’s been working well. He had made a chart to keep track of his progress, but it got a little confusing month to month so I made one so at the end of the month he gets a reward. I’m including the template which you can edit to fit your needs.
Download Book Chart
I would like to put together a list of free coloring pages. I know there’s a ton of them out there and I would like you to help me. I’ll add to this when I or you come up with some. All I need is a link and what type of coloring page it is.
Someone had pinned this on Pinterest and I just checked it out. The site is called 
I am a single mom of a very active nine year old boy. I work full time for the NYS Assembly. I love doing crafts and saving money. So I will be posting my ideas or ideas that I have found from one of my favorite sites 
Follow Us!