Originally Posted by madeinuk
Kids that love to read are simply going to be put off when they realise that something fun like reading merely translates into a lot of busywork.

Exactly. The problem with my kids at that age was to get them to STOP READING AND GO TO SLEEP!!!* Rebel that I am, I would just fill in the the log with fake or semi-true entries, so as to reduce the grade 2 paperwork burden.

*Really, it's still the problem with two of them at ages 11 and 13.