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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school required a log but we just made stuff up.  I never wanted to force my son to read if he didn't feel like.  Other days he'd read entire books in one day.  [/quote]

Agreed.

We have a requirement of 20 minutes a day, which has not been great for my son (age 7).  The logs have turned into a task, rather than an extension of what he already liked to do.  Before the logs, he would just read what he liked.  Now, he picks a book at random and says, "start the clock."  I really, really hate that it has turned into something that he checks off his list.  I know it's different for every kid, but this has really sucked the joy out of it for him.

Yes, I know it's important to read daily, but it's what he was doing anyway.  Now it's a chore for him to accomplish so he can be "done" with his homework.

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If he's doing it anyway, just write those books down. You don't need to have a set time with a set book in order to count it. You don't even have to set a timer, if you know he will read for at least 20 minutes anyway.[/quote]

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