📆💪🏻 Let's read aloud in 2026


Hi Reader,

It's a new year, and that means it's time for a challenge. Not for you you, though. (Don't you already have enough on your plate? 😆)

No, I'm talking about a challenge for your kids.

The Kids’ Read-Aloud Challenge is a simple way to kick off a great reading year.

During the challenge, kids commit to reading aloud for at least 10 minutes a day on as many days as possible throughout the month.

When they reach 25 days, they win a reward!

You'll be amazed at how much their fluency improves and how much fun they have. Also: get ready for your younger kids to be read to a whole heck of a lot. And not even by you.

It's just win-win-win, I'm telling you.

Participants tell us year after year that this challenge is a game-changer for their kids . . . and it's 100% FREE!

Your kids can participate no matter how old they are (even if they aren't reading on their own yet), and no matter whom they read to.

All the details are here ⬇️

Click here to download your Challenge Packet and watch the welcome video.

Happy reading!

xoxo, Sarah Mackenzie

P. S. You might actually want a little motivator for your read-aloud too, and we haven't forgotten ya! Click here to download a free printable tracker where you can mark every day in 2026 that you read aloud!


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