Rachel's Readathon!

   Rachel's nursery school is doing a readathon for their fundraiser this year, which is good, because I could use the encouragement to read to Rachel. I read with Laura a lot, but Rachel doesn't have much of an attention span for reading, so this is good motivation for us to try a little harder!
It's called the 2-4-6 Fundraiser because the readathon lasts two weeks, where you read with your child for a total of four hours (24 minutes each day), and you need to get six sponsors to donate a dollar per hour of reading (so four dollars from each sponsor).

I'm going to try not to repeat books with her (though she definitely has her favourites!) and I'll be keeping track of our reading log here:

Monday, October 5th    0:15
This Little Piggy Went Dancing
Crankenstein
Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

Tuesday, October 6th    0:33 (+ 0:12 at school)
Tumble Bumble
Strawberry Shortcake The Berry Bitty Princess Pageant
Pete the Cat Big Easter Advendture
Pete the Cat Valentine's Day is Cool
Pumpkins
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Alligator Pie

Wednesday, October 7th     0:30
The Kissing Hand
We're Going On a Bear Hunt
There Was an Old Lady
Are You There, Bear?
Posy
Hairy Mclary's Rumpus at the Vet
Dora Goes to School
Little White Dog

(When I was putting Rachel to bed, she said her favourite part of the day was reading!)

Thursday, October 8th  (0:12 at school)

Friday, October 9th 0:25
The Very Fairy Princess
The Longest Hair in the World
Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses

Saturday, October 10th 0:24
Boo Hoo Bird
I love You For You
Big Bad Wolf is Good
The Longest Hair in the World

Sunday, October 11th 0:12
The Giant Next Door
Curious George and the Pizza Party

Monday, October 12th

Tuesday, October 13th  0:11 (+ 0:12 at school)
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Wednesday, October 14th 0:23
Pumpkin Light
Kindergarten Count to 100
Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire

Thursday, October 15th  0:17 (+ 0:12 at school)
The Giving Tree
In A People House
Dora: Tale of the Unicorn King
Alligator Pie

Friday, October 16th    0:16
Alligator Baby
Boo Hoo Bird
Pajama Time
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Apparently Josh has also read to her over the course of the last two weeks, but he didn't record what he read or for how long. So our grand total is 4:14 and with only a couple of repeats!