Great Reading Games

Inspire your students to read
like never before with the
Great Reading Games!

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Warm up with a Winter Reading Challenge!

Learning Ally’s Great Reading Games is a well-established reading competition designed to inspire your students to read and improve their literacy skills. Your school earns points for every page read, with top-performing schools and students winning exciting prizes. You can boost scores before the competition begins by encouraging reading through the Learning Ally Audiobook app. With curated book lists and support for you, it’s an engaging way to get your students excited about reading!

Boost Up Points: December 1 – December 31, 2025

Games run: January 5 – February 27, 2026

Stay tuned for details on our 2026 Great Reading Games Celebration!

Check the Leaderboard

See daily updates that showcase the top 10 schools in each bracket, ranked by points earned during the Great Reading Games. Select from the dropdown menu below.

Leaderboard

Log in to the Educator Portal today to see your school and student leaderboard standings! The Great Reading Games are the perfect opportunity to boost your students’ reading while giving them the chance to win awesome prizes. Don’t miss out: every page read and every point earned brings your students closer to victory!

How Do We Compete?

Part 1: Great Reading Games Boost Up (December 1-31st, 2025)

Educators: Power Up your points before the competition begins!

New! 2000 points for having at least one educator in your building completing the Reading Programs/ Fall into Literacy Program Survey
New! 2000 points for adding at least one additional student to your “My Students” list during the “Boost Up” period
1000 points for every unique educator that adds a book to a student’s bookshelf

Part 2: Great Reading Games Competition (January 5-February 27th, 2026)

Students: Earn points for reading!

100 points for every day a student reads at least 10 minutes
10 points for every page read

Educators:

1 point for every Learning Ally Audiobooks eligible student that you have reading

What do schools and students win?

$500 digital gift card for the top school in each bracket
$100 digital gift card for 2nd and 3rd place schools in each bracket.
$25 gift card for the top 75 students in each grade level (25 in Elementary, 25 in Middle, and 25 in High School)

Downloads and Printables

We’re putting the finishing touches on brand-new resources to help you engage and motivate students throughout the Great Reading Games. From activity sheets to certificates and family flyers, everything you need to launch and run the program successfully will be available here soon.

Check back shortly—your tools for victory are on the way!

What’s Next?

Spring flowers will soon be blooming, and Learning Ally’s Spring into Reading will be here before you know it!

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Inspire your students to read like never before with the Great Reading Games!