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Online "Accelerated Reader"-type program

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If you desire to encourage reading then this free online Accelerated Reader program may be for you.

When Jaden went to public school, he had the opportunity to participate in the school's Accelerated Reader program. (If you aren't familiar with how AR works, this is a basic run-down: the student reads a book, takes a multiple choice quiz to determine comprehension, and then earns points based on his score. At Jaden's school, kids who earned a certain number of points by a specified deadline were allowed to go on a special field trip.)

When we started homeschooling, I tried to find a similar program that we could participate in from home. In my search, I came across Book Adventure (a website created and maintained by Sylan Learning Center). It's quite similar to Accelerated Reader, and it's totally free. The kids can earn real prizes with their points, and parents can even create their own individualized prizes that can be posted on their child's Book Adventure account when their child sign's in.

Here's Book Adventure's description from their site.

Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.

It's definitely worth checking out!

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Comments

  1. Bobbie says

    May 7, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Thank You!

    Reply
  2. Arvind says

    June 22, 2008 at 4:03 am

    Great find. Thank you. The book list is pretty good.

    Reply
  3. stephanie says

    August 20, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    Thank you so much..this is just what I have been looking for!

    Reply
  4. missingnyc says

    September 10, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    You are an angel I tell you I've been looking for 3 years for something like this since my son used accelerated reading program in school!!! Your the best thank you for sharing your resources with me!!!

    Happy mother of 4

    Reply
  5. janisse says

    October 20, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    LOVE IT!!!!!! Do you have how many books my boy had read, and at school, they would not give him the chance to do the AR? Now, finally he will be able to get rewards for such a hard work.

    Reply
  6. Kamella Greene says

    October 21, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    Is this really free?

    Reply
  7. Jennifer says

    October 26, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Hooray!!!! This is our first year homeschooling. Last year my daughter excelled in the A.R program at her school. Imagining her disappointment in no longer being able to do that. I have been searching for something like this. I was dreading having to come up with something on my own. Thank You!!!

    Reply
  8. Lili says

    October 27, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Thank you very much! I've sarched for this for a long time, and I can't wait to share with my kids (one is 6th and the other is 7th grader.)

    Reply
  9. Ashlyn says

    June 2, 2010 at 11:29 pm

    OH, My!!! This is sooooooooooo wonderful! I should be sleeping right now, however, I couldn't wait 'til tomorrow. I'm way to excited! I just got done setting up the boys' accounts and my parent account on Book Adventure. Thanks so much for sharing, this is just what we needed! 🙂

    Thanks bunches!
    Ashlyn

    Reply
  10. Jennifer says

    September 10, 2010 at 6:13 am

    Just THRILLED!! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  11. brandy says

    March 9, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    It's great that the program is free but the book list is sooo limited. My daughter's in the 6th grade and we couldn't find quizes for the last 10 books she has read unfortunately.

    Reply
  12. Yvette says

    May 16, 2011 at 11:55 am

    Thank you! I recently started homeschooling and wanted a way to check my son's reading comprehension. Just when I thought I was going to have to read the books too…in order to come up with some type of reading assessment questions I can across your post for this program!!!! I just can't thank you enough!

    Reply
  13. Tina says

    May 19, 2011 at 11:27 am

    Thank You SO Much!!!

    Reply
  14. Lena says

    August 29, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    Thank you so much! This is exactly what I've been looking for!!!

    Reply
  15. Leah says

    October 25, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Thank you SO MUCH!!!! for your post about Bookadventure. I am so excited for my kids to have this as part of their homeschooling curriculum. What a blessing!

    Reply
  16. Ginger Lipscomb says

    January 7, 2012 at 8:18 am

    Wow, thanks!! I've been searching for something like this for my soon to be homeschooled 3rd grader. Glad I found this, it's perfect!

    Reply
  17. Mrs K says

    January 10, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    This is a great resource but I agree with a commenter who said their booklist is extremely limited. I just checked 9 books we brought home from the library and none of them were on it. These are all 4th-6th grade reading level (perhaps higher) so maybe they have more lower level reading tests?

    Reply
  18. chila says

    March 31, 2012 at 10:08 am

    this is great, probably the closest you will get to AR , however they don't have many books. I just checked twilight, a really popular book and they did not have it.

    Reply
  19. Robin Davis says

    April 19, 2012 at 11:22 am

    Thank you for sharing! THis is what I'm looking for.

    Reply
  20. stacy says

    July 19, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Thank you for this post Joy. I have a child that needs extra help in the comprehension department. I was looking to find an AR alternative for the summer and extra at home help. Your post was most helpful!!

    Reply
  21. Darla says

    July 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    Thanks so much. Just what I have been looking for!

    Reply
  22. cassie distefano says

    September 12, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    AWESOME! Just what I needed!!!

    Reply
  23. Elizabeth says

    September 18, 2012 at 8:28 am

    THANK YOU!!! I have been looking for something like AR since I've started homeschooling and this is perfect!! I can't believe it's really free!!!

    Reply
  24. Tiffany S. says

    August 6, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    Hello and I have a question: have any of you tried bookadventure? I keep trying but I can't get it to pull up any tests. My kids were so excited to find this site but I just can't get it to work. What could be wrong?

    Reply
    • Joy @ Five J's says

      August 26, 2013 at 11:57 am

      @Tiffany S., We used BookAdventure several years ago, but haven't used them in quite a while. Have you tried using their Help feature to see if they can help you troubleshoot?

      Reply
  25. Aimee says

    September 6, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    I am so glad that you suggested this program! At first, I tried searching for books by their ISBN but it wasn't bringing anything up. I switched to searching by titles and found a lot of my books there. Great product!

    Reply
  26. Joyce says

    October 15, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    My child took a test on this website back in mid summer, and now we wanted to use it regularly (we thought it was just wonderful, and just what we were looking for). Now I can't seem to get a test to open and work. I've tried the site on 3 different computers (including the library computer). What a shame. I guess I'll try to contact Sylvan learning center?

    Reply
  27. Amy says

    November 1, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    Thank you! I love reading your suggestions and as a new homeschooler, I thank you for the encouragement and suggestions you offer!!!!!

    Reply
  28. Lydia says

    December 5, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    Thanks. I am going to look into this. I hope this is what we've been looking for. Accelerated Reader was so great, and I am looking for something similar. Accelerated Reader doesn't offer a program for homeschoolers as of yet….I called and asked. They are missing some serious revenue from leaving homeschoolers out.

    Reply
  29. Ashley says

    August 17, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    Thank you so much! I have been looking for something like this!

    Reply
  30. Catherine says

    August 21, 2014 at 3:57 pm

    Thank you so much for this!! He did AR when he went to a different school. His new school does not do this and I am more than thrilled to have found this! Thank you!

    Reply
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