Signing your child up

Scan the QR code on the take-home sheet, type in your email, and you're in.

Your child came home with a take-home sheet. To follow their reading and let family donate, sign up using the sheet — it takes about a minute.

You'll need the take-home sheet (or just the code from it) and your own email address.

What the sheet looks like

Spring Read-a-thon 2026 · Lincoln Elementary

What's a read-a-thon?

A read-a-thon is a school fundraiser where students read — at school and at home — and family or friends pledge donations to cheer them on. PagePledge is how Lincoln Elementary runs it online: you'll follow your child's reading and share their page with anyone who wants to support.

Sarah Thompson

Room 12 · Grade 5

Parents & family — start here

Scan the QR code to activate Sarah's reading page — or use the code below at pagepledge.com/activate.

BEAR-MOON-42

We'll email a secure link to your inbox — no password to remember.

Scan with your phone camera

What to expect

1
Activate Sarah's page. Scan the QR or use the code above.
2
Log reading at home. Bedtime stories and library books all count.
3
Share their page. You'll get a unique link to send to family and friends.

PagePledge · read-a-thons made simple

The take-home sheet

The big QR code on it takes you straight to the sign-up page. If your camera can't read it, you can also go to pagepledge.com/activate and type the code in by hand.

Step by step

1
Scan the QR code
Open your phone's camera, point it at the QR, tap the link. No app to install — it's just a webpage.
2
Make sure it's the right child
The page will show your child's first name, last initial, classroom, and school. If that's not your child, hold off and ask the teacher.
The sign-up page
3
Enter your email
We'll send you a sign-in link. There's no password to make.
4
Click the link in your inbox
The email comes through within seconds. Click the button to finish — the link expires after 15 minutes.
The confirmation email
5
You're in
You'll land on your dashboard with your child's reading page right there. From here you can share their donation page, log reading from home, and set a personal goal.

Already have a child on PagePledge?

You don't need to sign up again — your same account can hold all your children. See Adding more than one child.

If something goes wrong

If the page says "we couldn't find that code," double-check what you typed — the codes have hyphens between three parts (like BEAR-MOON-42). Capitalisation doesn't matter. If your email never came, check your spam folder; if it's still missing after 5 minutes, ask for another one. And if you lost the sheet entirely, ask your child's teacher — they can print a new one with a fresh code.