Here is our library area at our house. A few cheap shelves, a throw rug, and bean bags in a small unused area of the house makes a great learning nook.

Since we have our own little library, we decided to “play” library. Just grab some books, double sided tape, small envelopes, index cards, a notepad, pen, and stamps.

Put a piece of double sided tape on the front of the envelope and stick it to the inside cover of the book.

To make it easier for my guys, I tore the flap off of the envelope like this.

Place an index card in the envelope.

When you go to check the book out, be sure to have your librarian take out the index card and stamp it. I made my kids take the card completely out and lay it next to the book. I did not want them getting tempted to stamp their books.

Any good librarian knows that you have to keep track of who has which book. So have your librarian stamp their notepad with the same stamp.

Be sure that they write the name of the person that checked out the book. Sometimes we play track down the overdue book, too.

Even non-writers can do this fun activity. My daughter is two years old and loves to be a part of the library. She stamps and stuffs the index cards like a pro.

Now that I have my kids all trained, please do not tell them that all of the books are really scanned and monitored by a computer system in the library. They have too much fun with this!

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