Holiday book exchange

At our most recent Geek Girls Brunch, we had a "Date With a Book." It was actually a book exchange. We were told to bring a book that meant something to us (or a copy of that book if we couldn't part with ours) and wrap it to exchange

Hi everyone, it's Cori from Mrs. B's Beehive! I hope you are all resting on your Christmas break, and recharging your batteries! Today I wanted to share a fun idea that we do in my classroom every year. Every year when we get back from Thanksgiving break, I send out this note to my parents: I ask them each to buy an inexpensive book to share and suggest that they try looking at Walmart or Target. I try to stress the importance of gender neutrality as well, although I've had a few years where…

Hi everyone! Happy Black Friday to you! Alisha here, from Missing Tooth Grins and I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving yesterday. I know all of us at The Primary Pack are so thankful for you, our readers. I'm here to tell you about how I hold a holiday book exchange in my classroom. It's simple, easy, and to the point and I hope that it saves you some time this holiday season. After all, this time of year is crazy for all of us! Especially teachers, am I right? On the last day of school…

At our most recent Geek Girls Brunch, we had a "Date With a Book." It was actually a book exchange. We were told to bring a book that meant something to us (or a copy of that book if we couldn't part with ours) and wrap it to exchange

If you're a book lover, a Book Swap party is basically heaven! All the details about how to host one and how to make it run smoothly.

Tips on organizing a book exchange party for kids. Includes how to set up the swap and a few suggested books. This is a fun holiday party idea for kids!

This year I am doing a Holiday Book Exchange. Each child can bring in a book wrapped in lovely Christmas wrapping paper. I haven't decided how we will actually do the exchange once the students bring their books in, but I'm really excited. I want to get my students even MORE excited about BOOKS and READING! And let me tell you...they already love books and reading...so this will add more love into their hearts! I made this letter to tell the parents about it. Once we exchange the books, of…

I've been thinking about this party since last spring. When my best friend Mac suggested we throw a party together with our other best friend Chelle, I knew this would be the perfect theme. Chelle is a graphic designer (who I'm trying to convince to open an etsy site) and Mac has great taste in decorating and is the most awesome baker ever - as one guest said when "our powers combine parties happen" - ha ha ha. The idea of the party is to bring a book to exchange with someone else. We had…