Love Books Summer Exchange
Do you LOVE BOOKS?
Would your child like to get a book and activity in the mail?
Are you a blogger who likes activities that are fun AND educational?
This is The Educators’ Spin On It’s 4th Love Book Exchange and it is going to be bigger and better than ever!!!!! Follow along this summer to see top books and book activities from all over the world!
So what is a LOVE BOOK exchange?
Our Participants select one book and one amazing, open ended activity to go along with it. YES, I wrote ONE. Just one, so make it a good one. They take a picture of the book and activity, write WHY they chose it and e-mail it to us. Don’t worry, we won’t spoil the surprise and post about it too soon!
Then they send the book and activity to the family they were matched with and wait! Soon, a book and activity kit will arrive for them. They get to OPEN AND ENJOY!!!! Shortly afterwards, a blog post goes up on the participants own blog sharing about the cool book and activity they got. Kinda like an online thank you!
NEW THIS YEAR!!!! New book categories: Board books (0-18 months old), Picture Books, AND Chapter Books (6 years old and up)
Love Books Board Book Activities for Babies and Toddlers
These books and book activity ideas are for parents and teachers of babies and toddlers.
- Meet the 2014 Board Book Team and Preview the First Activity of the Exchange!
- Building a LOVE BOOK Package for Babies and Toddlers
- Book and Activity ideas for Board Books
Love Books Chapter Book Activities for Grade Schoolers
These books and book activity ideas are for parents and teachers of elementary school ages.
- Nature and Adventure Chapter Book and Activities
- Meet the Chapter Book Team
- Chapter Books and Activity Packages for Girls
Love Books Picture Book Exchanges{coming soon}
These books and book activity ideas are for parents and teachers of preschool and elementary school ages. {coming soon}
Participate at Home with your child
You can follow along at home at read the books and make the activities for your child. We’ll be featuring the book exchanges on our site and hosting on this page for easy reference. Here are some tips for Hosting a Book Exchange with Friends.
Need ideas for what to exchange. Here’s How to Create a Love Books Package.
Plus you can follow our Love Books Pinterest Board!
Past Love Book Participants Write:
“As a past participant (as well as organizer) I think that choosing, sending, getting, AND reading the blog post of our recipients were all equally fun.” ~Amanda
“This whole book/activity swap has been a ton of fun! Thank you!”
“We had so much fun participating last summer!”
“We participated last year and my school-age daughter LOVED it! We had so much fun planning what to send, and receiving a great package in return. It’s great to encourage summer reading.”
“We loved participating last year and it is so much fun to share a love of books with other families around the world.”
“I participated last year, and it was awesome!”
Share the image if you’re joining the fun!
Sample Love Book Exchanges:
- A book and activity from our first every LOVE BOOK exchange!
- A kindness book and activity
- Fancy Nancy Extraordinaire (2012 Package)
- Going on a Lion Hunt (2013 package)
- 3 Art Theme Love Book Exchanges
- 8 Animal Themed Book Exchanges
- And a collection of 20 book and activity links here!
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