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Originally Posted by Sregener
Here's another idea that works well in a "competition": set a goal for the entire library. "Let's see if we can have 1,000 books read this summer. If we hit the goal, then everyone who contributes at least 10 books will get prize X." That turns the 63-book reader into the team star, while encouraging everyone else to read, too. You can give special acknowledgement (not prizes) to the "top readers" at the end, but everyone who reads 10 books wins. Thus, the encouragement is "everyone do your part", not "everyone try to beat the superstar."
But expecting a kid who is a slow reader to want to read more in the hopes they'll beat a fast reader isn't going to work, no matter what. And most kids like to win, and don't like to lose, so they'll choose not to do things they don't think they can win.
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I like this idea. It gives everyone an incentive to participate. Everyone is contributing whether they read many books or just a few.