So I'll admit, I have a book buying problem. I've been collecting books, particularly non-fiction books, since before Xander was born. Garage sales, book fairs and book orders mean I can stretch my money, plus he always asks for books for his birthday and Christmas. That means we have a lot of them.
When Xander was a toddler, we did a 1500 book challenge, where we read 1500 unique books in one year. I enjoyed the challenge, and knowing that he was being exposed to a huge number of words. Now that our library has grown up a little, I decided to do an updated challenge with him.
A while back I posted about how our books are organized and how we use Libib to catalogue them online. With the website, I printed an Excel Spreadsheet of all of our books and printed one very long list. The goal is for him to read all of the books he owns in 2018. (He has roughly 1100 books logged). This challenge includes both board books he'll read to his future sibling, as well as his chapter books (which should provide more of a challenge to the timeframe). I excluded his encyclopedias, though.
I put his list on a clipboard and included a little box for him to check them off as he goes. I think finding the books on the list will be good practice with alphabetical order. He can also highlight them if he wants.
I'm looking forward to the challenge and seeing if he accomplishes it! I'll let you know what happens!
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