Free Printable Reading Charts for Kids
Reading charts are a great way to encourage kids to embrace the joy of reading and stay motivated while they work to build their literacy skills. These reading charts offer a visual representation of a child’s daily reading work, providing both incentive and a sense of accomplishment as they see their efforts and watch their progress grow.
The ABCmouse Reading Charts are free printables that you can download as PDFs and print at home. Choose the one that best suits your child’s goals or download and print them all for a variety of reading incentives and opportunities to track your child’s reading journey.
Overview of the Free Printable Reading Charts
Children can track their reading progress with a unique reading log for every month of the year, stay motivated with an encouraging reading reward chart, create book recommendations for friends and family, and tackle a variety of reading challenges with our one-of-kind reading charts. Be sure to check out the benefits that can come from using reading charts below, as well ideas for adding even more fun to these printables.
Reading Chart
Reading Challenge
Reading Logs
10 Benefits of Reading Reward Charts
Reading charts are helpful tools that can enhance a child’s reading journey. Here are 10 benefits that can come from using reading charts:
Motivation
Reading charts provide a visual incentive for kids to pick up a book, fueling their motivation to read and explore new stories.
Goal Setting
Reading charts help in setting clear, achievable reading goals, teaching kids the value and rewards of setting and working towards personal objectives.
Monitor Progress
Kids can easily track their reading progress, helping to instill a sense of accomplishment that can encourage them to keep going.
Sense of Achievement
Reading charts that use an incentive system celebrate a child’s successes and milestones, which can add to a positive association with reading.
Build Consistency
Reading charts can promote a regular reading routine, instilling a habit of reading daily.
Enhance Engagement
They can create a fun and engaging reading experience, adding an element of challenge and gameplay to reading.
Parent-Child Interaction
Reading charts provide an opportunity for parents and children to interact and discuss books, genres, and reading goals and achievements.
Improve Reading Skills
As kids read more, their reading skills typically increase as well. Reading charts can encourage frequent reading, which in turn can enhance reading skills. If you feel like your child may be struggling with reading, these 10 Tips to Help a Struggling Reader can help.
Potential to Expand Vocabulary
With every new book, kids are exposed to a plethora of new words and phrases, which can help to grow their vocabulary and language comprehension.
Nurture a Love for Reading
By making reading a fun and rewarding activity, reading charts can help add to the enjoyment of reading.
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Add More Fun to the Reading Reward Charts
Recommended for: Kids of all ages
Let Kids Pick the Reward
Getting to the reward at the end of the chart is a big deal for kids. Make sure it’s something they’ll enjoy by letting them choose it themselves or contribute to a list of options for parents to consider.
Track the Details
Use the blank space on the back of the rewards chart to write down the titles of books your child has read, the numbers of minutes they read each week, or how many different genres of books they’ve tried.
Reading Challenge
Have your child create their own reading goal, such as reading 100 pages or 4 books in a month or reading an entire series of books. They can use our reading charts to monitor their progress and watch their path to success.
Involve the Family
Extend the reward chart system to the entire family, with all family members charting and tracking their reading. Turn it into a family activity by designating time to read together, either from the same book or independently. Creating a communal reading environment can foster camaraderie, while a bit of friendly competition can spur kids on to read more.
