The Children’s Reading Competition 2026
at the Children’s Museum
Table of Contents
2 | First: Introduction |
2 | Second: The Reading Competition Outline 2026 |
3 | Third: Book Selection Rules and Guidelines |
3 | Fourth: Registration and Participation |
4 | Fifth: Qualifying Stages and Winners Announcement |
5 | Sixth: Awards |
First: Introduction:
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go.” – Dr. Suess
The reading competition aims to foster children’s love of reading as a habit and hobby that expands their knowledge, broadens their perspectives, and enhances their language skills. We hope to encourage children to spend their time during the Winter break reading various books and stories.
The Reading Competition’s mission is to develop a love of reading among children and make it a daily habit in their lives.
The Children’s Museum Jordan’s vision: nurturing generations who seek knowledge.
Second: The Reading Competition’s Outline
Duration:
- From Friday, January 2, 2026, until the end of Friday, January 30, 2026.
Who can participate?
- Children who are current members of the Children’s Museum.
- Children of sponsoring companies’ employees in the competition (Jordan Ahli Bank and Zain).
- Age group: 7 to 12 years.
- Children who won first-place positions in previous years may participate again; however, they may not compete for first place in the same category for two consecutive years.
Participants’ categories and qualifying criteria for each category:
Category | Books & Pages |
First Category: Ages 7 – 8 (Grade 2 &3) | Read 6 age-appropriate books, with a minimum of 20 pages per book |
Second Category: Ages 9 – 10 (Grade 4 & 5) | Read 6 age-appropriate books, with a minimum of 30 pages per book |
Second Category: Ages 11 – 12 (Grade 6 & 7) | Read 6 age-appropriate books, with a minimum of 40 pages per book |
Third: Book Selection Criteria
- The selected books must cover a variety of topics, as follows:
- First Category: Books must cover at least two different topics (e.g., stories, general knowledge, etc.).
- Second Category: Books must cover at least three different topics (e.g., literature, science, history, etc.).
- Third Category: Books must cover four or more different topics (e.g., literature, science, history, science fiction, etc.).
- The selected books must be in Arabic and/or English only.
- School books, magazines, and newspapers are excluded from the competition.
- Participants are allowed to borrow books from the Children’s Museum Library.
Fourth: Registration and Participation
- To register, please call the Museum at 065411479, or send a message via WhatsApp at the Members’ line 0799566506.
- Last day for registration is Friday, January 2, 2026.
- Each participant should use the Book Summary Form, which will be sent to all participants by Email.
- You can view the Evaluation Criteria here.
- The last day to submit all book summaries is on Friday, January 30, 2026. No summaries will be accepted after this date.
- The book summaries can be delivered by hand to the Museum Librarian in an envelope or by email to: [email protected]. The following information should be written on the envelope or in the email body:
The Children’s Museum Reading Competition 2026 |
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Child’s name | § Parent’s/ Guardian’s name |
Email address | § Mobile number |
Fifth: Qualifying Stages and Winners Announcement
Stage | Date | Procedure |
First Stage | From 2/2/2026 to 8/2/2026 | – Evaluation of book summaries according to the evaluation criteria. – Selection of nominees for each category. – Notifying qualified children for Stage Two by phone and scheduling interviews with them at the Museum. – Notifying non-qualified children via email or text message. |
Second Stage | From 8/2/2026 to 14/2/2026 | – Interview the nominees of each category at the Museum. – Selecting first, second, and third place winners in each category. |
Third Stage | 16/2/2026 | – Notifying the top three winners of each category by phone (without specifying ranking) and inviting them to the Awards Ceremony. – Invite all participants to the Ceremony to thank them for their participation and to award them certificates of appreciation – Announcing the winners and their rankings during a special event for the participants held on Monday, 16/2/2026. – Announcing the winners via the Museum’s social media accounts and email. |
Sixth: Awards:
First Place Award (of each category) | § Cash prize of (350 JOD), sponsored by Jordan Ahli Bank § A tablet device sponsored by Zain. § A one-year family membership or a free birthday party voucher at the Children’s Museum. § A 10 JOD book purchase voucher from Readers Bookstore. |
Second Place Award (of each category) | § Cash prize of (250 JOD), sponsored by Jordan Ahli Bank § A tablet device sponsored by Zain. § A one-year family membership or a free birthday party voucher at the Children’s Museum. § A 10 JOD book purchase voucher from Readers Bookstore. |
Third Place Award (of each category) | § Cash prize of (150 JOD), sponsored by Jordan Ahli Bank § A tablet device sponsored by Zain. § A one-year family membership or a free birthday party voucher at the Children’s Museum. § A 10 JOD book purchase voucher from Readers Bookstore. |