The Summer Reading Chart (printable!)
Looking for a copy of this summer reading chart? Pop in your email below and it’ll come right to your inbox!
The end of May is always a big time for Everyday Reading.
My annual list of 100 Picture Books comes out as well as my Summer Reading Guide. Both of the 2019 versions will be released this week and I cannot wait – summer reading is my FAVORITE.
This year, I wanted to make summer reading even more fun for your families, so for the first time, I’m releasing a Summer Reading Chart.
I had the idea for a Summer Reading Chart printable last year when our library did away with physical summer reading charts and went all digital.
It was MUCH less fun for my children to keep track of their summer reading online, not to mention that it was always a hassle for me to log in and out of three separate accounts.
But I knew this wasn’t a project I could pull off on my own (my artistic abilities? Non-existent).
Then a few months ago, I met Becca of Hadley Designs at Alt Summit and she said, “I’d love to work together on a project” and I was all “I HAVE THE PERFECT PROJECT.” I probably scared her a little.
It’s been so fun to see my vague vision for a summer reading chart come together with her artistic eye – it’s better than anything I could have done on my own.
The Summer Reading Chart has bubbles for every day of 12 weeks of summer so you can mark/sticker off every day that you read during the summer. You can decide if that bubble represents a certain number of books per day or a certain amount of time, and you can have it for reading aloud together or a child reading independently.
You can mark out extra bubbles if your summer isn’t a full 12 weeks long, you can mark off weekends if you only want to track week days, and you can bubble out weeks you’ll be on vacation.
If you have multiple children you can use one chart or print one for each child.
The Summer Reading Chart also has 20 reading challenges to make your summer reading a little more fun. You can go in any order you’d like and I’ll be sharing ideas for them all summer long.
Of course, all of Becca’s amazing drawings on the Summer Reading Chart are the perfect coloring project for kids, so hand over some pencils or markers or crayons and let them go to town.
And the best news is that the reading chart is completely free!
Just pop in your email address below and the Summer Reading Chart printable will come right to your inbox! Then you can download and print it out in whatever size you’d like (I did a 36×48 engineering print that cost me $7. All the instructions for how to print an engineering print here!).
I am SO thrilled with how it turned out and I’m so glad it works for both younger kids and older kids alike! I can’t wait to see your families using it this summer and fueling that love of reading. I hope it makes your summer reading the best it’s ever been!
And if you share it on Instagram, please tag me (@everydayreading) and Becca (@hadleydesigns) so we can see them out in the real world during these summer months and beyond.
Happy summer reading!
If you liked this post about the Summer Reading Chart, you might also like these other posts:
- 9 Summer Essentials I Love
- 30+ Favorite Middle Grade Realistic Fiction Books
- 100 MORE Picture Books to Read This Summer
Photos by Heather Mildenstein
This looks great! I even printed off a copy for myself. 🙂
Yay!
I love this! I am sending them to my grandchildren! I am giving a shout out on my blog and on Facebook as well!
You are the NICEST! Thank you so much!
Oh my goodness! Cutest! I love these sooo much. Thanks for this fantastic resource!
I’m so excited about this! My girls do special reading time in the summer, and this will be the perfect way to keep track of it!
I was so hopeful that’s what this was from the sneak peek on Insta stories!! I’m so excited! My local print shop knows me for my engineering prints from Caravan Shoppe!
This is so awesome! I do something similar for summer reading at our library, but your chart is so much prettier! (on a side note – I don’t understand how libraries can go online only – do they really think that every family has internet access?) Can I promote it/use it at our library?
I would be THRILLED! Please do!
Thanks!
So so grateful for people who create awesome things and share with others. The first six weeks of summer are my busiest work weeks of the year and while I leave my kids with a sitter to read and have a good time, this will be the perfect thing for the sitter to have as an activity to encourage my kids required reading and they can send me pics of their progress while I am at work. And it works as a calendar for the surprise trip I can mark for them to see as a goal deadline to celebrate moms end of summer work.
Oh that is so clever!
Super cute calendar, but printing them so big is brilliant!
This is so cute that I’m going to print it off and make my husband fill it out with me!
This is the BEST! I am seriously so in love with it and we will definitely use it this summer!
This is amazing! I can’t wait to use it with my kiddos this summer! Thank you!
This is darling and you know I love a cute list of fun to do’s! I may have to join in on the reading fun myself. We will be using this for sure! Thanks Janssen!
Never have I ever wanted a flat panel door so badly!! I watched the video for editing this and it’s brilliant! 😍
Oh HO. We are Doing. This. I love it so much!
This is so awesome. Just what I needed. I was just telling my hubby what school things the kids would be doing this summer. Think I’ll print the big one, and then give each kid a color of sticker. If they complete all 3 things I ask, they can put 3 stickers on. I’m so excited for Summer!
Thanks so much1
This is the coolest reading log ever! I wonder if a 24×36 would be too big to laminate? 🤔
If you are able to, let me know!
Not too big! I’ve worked at multiple copy centers. Most have big enough laminators for a sheet that size.
I can’t seem to get the link to download to work, I click and don’t go anywhere. Can you help me with that? Thanks
Make sure you push the “Save Changes” button (even if you didn’t make any changes) and then the Download button should work! Let me know if you need more help – I’m happy to assist!
I’m having problems downloading it, as well. It says “click to access.” I click it, and then enter my email address and name. I hit “submit.” However, it always gets stuck at 50%. I’ve tried several times.
This is absolutely wonderful!! THANK YOU!! I kind of hate that our summer reading program is digital too- signing in and out of each child’s account to log reading minutes was a bit of a pain- and less exciting for the kids bc I had to do it! This is brilliant and can’t wait to print it off!!
This is amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing this! My kids are only 2 but this is getting blown up and saved for when they are older. Seriously awesome! Do you think I can blow up to 16 X 20 size (using the 8 X 10 file)? I want to frame it (minus the glass).
Thank you!! I just downloaded both versions and I’m going to drop off copies to my daughter’s teacher. I’m excited to get these started!
Thank you for this! Our library is also digital only and I really miss the paper. This will make it easier for the kids and me to track summer reading.
My daughter has to read 15 minutes a day for school. This is a much more fun tracker than the school sent home. We pick up our 48″ by 36″ print at Staples tomorrow. CANNOT WAIT!
This is so beautiful. I can’t wait to use it this summer with my kids. thanks so much for the detailed post and providing instructions 🙂
This is our 5th year doing a summer reading contest but we have never had a chart this fancy. My daughter is extra excited about it! The giant size is a big hit and she loves the book ideas around the edges. A giant thank you from our family!!!!
I feel like a moron but I can’t figure out how to print the 8.5 x11 size. It opens in corji and I see the editing features but there isn’t a print option!! help!
You’ll need to download it first (press the “save changes” button even if you haven’t made any changes) and then print! There’s a full video tutorial here: https://www.loom.com/share/3c7d0a3069e54bb8b5ab6f08a7125d7c
I love this!! I’m printing one out for each of my 3rd grade students 🙂 Reading is the best 😀 Thanks for creating a great resource!!
Love these! Amazing idea. And beautifully put together. 💕
This is perfect!! Thank you for sharing it!!
Is this still available? I clicked on the link, but it says the site might have moved. I am interested in printing it for my 1st grader. Thank you.
Are you able to still print the 2019 summer reading poster? I would appreciate it so much.
Yes! Just put in your email in the space indicated in the post above and it’ll come right to your inbox!
egcarlson@cox.net
Shared to my Facebook. Apparently this year the library reading club (in my area) is an online app. I miss the days when we’d go in, submit our log and get to move a game piece around a reading adventure game board…those were the best!