Class Holiday Book Exchange

Are you looking for a fun activity to do with your class to celebrate the holidays? This year, why not have a holiday book exchange? I’ve created a Class Holiday Book Exchange Letter for you to send home with your students to make it extra easy this year!
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Class Holiday Book Exchange
We all know that reading is important, so what better way to kick off winter break than with a new book to read?! During your holiday party is a great time to exchange books!
Send home our Class Holiday Book Exchange Letter, and make sure to fill in the date that you’d like to have the books returned.

You’ll want to have a handful of backup books wrapped up in case you have a few students who cannot or forget to bring in a book.
On the last day of school before break or during your holiday party, each student grabs the book he/she brought. Have the class sit in a circle around the carpet. You’ll want to choose a book to read ahead of time. My favorite to book to read for this activity is How Santa Got His Job. Every time that I say the word “Santa” the students will pass their book to the person next to them and so on throughout the book. When the book has been finished, everyone gets to open the book that they currently have. New books for all!

You can download the FREE Holiday Book Exchange Letter by clicking the green box below.

Tips for the holiday book exchange
- If a student ends up with the book that they brought. If this happens, ask the class if anyone wants to trade. You can also do this if a boy or girl gets a Barbie book or a Spiderman book or something of that nature and wants to trade. Simple to trade!
- If a student doesn’t bring in a book. Not a problem. Just be prepared and have a few extra books on hand that are wrapped that you can give to them. I always pick up extra books at the thrift store when I find them!
If you’re looking for some other fun holiday party game ideas, our holiday sock exchange is a similar activity but each student brings in a pair of fun socks instead. You can get the details and letter to send home for that activity here.

And we also have another fun circle time holiday game that involves candy canes. You can get the details of that game here.

Do you have any other fun game ideas that you play during your holiday party?
I hope you enjoy this special holiday season with your students!
See you next time!
Jenette
