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Somewhere I read it's a good idea to keep reading lists for your children of what they have read. Does anyone do this? What your method?

My DS9 reads 10 to 15 books a week. He reads everything from Whimpy kid books to Cricket in time square. It's hard to keep up with this demand. I keep thinking how will I ever keep this up he is only going into 3rd grade so I have a way to go.

My mother still has our lists from the library summer reading programs we did as children. I'm not sure I will keep DD's, though. (She did participate in our library's program for the first time this summer.) I don't really see the point in keeping these lists, but perhaps someone will enlighten me.

my son read 100 books from august before first grade to december. It started as a summer reading list, but we kept going till we hit 100. Then i had a medal made with "100" on it and its one of his treasures now (and i keep the llst).
irene

We started one during the Kindergarten year - partly to try and prove to ourselves I think that we needed to homeschool - and so that we could get a head start on "collecting things" should we ever be questioned on what DS6 "did" with his time. We have a big wall calendar where he gets to write the initials of the book and the chapter he completed. I think just writing it down helsp to motivate him and makes him feel like he acheived something. Now that we are homeschooling for real - I guess we will keep the print outs that the library gives us - showing us which books are due - and we'll know what he read and didn't read that way. I started that last school year too to keep track of what I had and hadn't read to him.

I have a reading list for each child. I printed it out at donnayoung.org. I think it is a nice motivational tool. I also have a list of 'suggested' books for them to read so they don't miss some of the classics that we read as a child. Every once in a while I check one of the 'suggested' books out and hand it to them. So far they have loved them. For us it becomes part of our homeschool record and each keeps theirs in their binder for the year. I also keep my own lists for family read-alouds and for my younger son, but those are check lists of books I want to cover over the school year.

Yes, they can be extensive. My DD9 has become quite a bookworm, especially since I showed her how to look up and request things online. Luckily we are at our library very regularly. We are doing a lot of learning through literature this year but I keep that seperate.

I was trying to look up a book previously read by ds9 from our library website, but the library doesn't keep or allow access to previous checkouts.
They did suggest using librarything.com for recording your books. I had already starting doing this, having fun reviewing things, etc., at librarything, which I think is a cool site. I think it would work well for an older child too, if interested in keeping track of their books, ones they own, ones they've read, etc.

We do reading lists... Last year (first grade) they had a goal to read 100 books by some date. They defined a "book" based on the grade so for first graders if it was a chapter book, then every 20 pages counted as one book. They also sent home a reading list of suggested titles for the summer and a list for tracking so we just continued the habit. DS likes to read *A LOT* so we don't have any motivation issues with reading. We give give rewards with some bigger milestones but not consistently.

Now, we're lucky in that DW has her doctors in literature so she'll make sure that the kids all hit the classics when the time is right.

JB

[quote=chris1234]I was trying to look up a book previously read by ds9 from our library website, but the library doesn't keep or allow access to previous checkouts.

Our library is now keeping a running list of all of the books that you check-out online. This is a new feature and is an opt-in so at least some libraries offer something.

Just as a "warning" from our library- the police have access to list if you opt-in. Hmmm? Guess we shouldn't check out lots of books on bombs and drugs to avoid a red flag???

Sure, I figured this was a privacy issue, but I think as a group Librarians are proving to be some of the fiercest advocates of user privacy. I am surprised to hear that they just 'allow' the police access in your area...without a warrant for a specfic person based on other reasonably suspicious activity. Possibly I am just naive...here is one such policy. Hopefully the person you spoke with was misinformed/jumped to some conclusions (?)

http://www.kcll.org/aboutus/generalinformation/policies/patronrecords.html

"5.1 Staff should immediately ask for identification if they are approached by an agent or officer. Staff should then immediately refer the agent or officer to the library director, or in the absence of the director, to the library�s legal counsel.

5.2 The library director should meet with the agent or officer with the library�s legal counsel or another colleague in attendance.

5.3 If the agent or officer does not have a court order as described in paragraph 3.1 above compelling the production of records, the library director should explain the library�s confidentiality policy and the Washington confidentiality of library records provision at RCW 42.17.310 (1) (l) and inform the agent or officer that the user�s records are not available except when a proper judicial order from a court of competent jurisdiction has been properly served on the library."


Outside of this, I feel basically safe since my reading list is pretty boring

Our reading list is really boring too!

I just thought it was funny that I had to sign something to awknowledge their access if I opt into the list. I can't have the list and decline their access. Honestly, it is a little "big brother-ish" for me but I think the list may come in handy one day so we'll give it a shot.

If I suddenly disappear, check the with the local police- guess those "Magic Tree House" books aren't so benign afterall . . .