Flat Stanley? What is that? http://www.flatstanley.com/ outlines this incredibly creative project for young readers and writers. The Flat Stanley project is based off Flat Stanley books by Jeff Brown.
Elementary schools across the globe have initiated the Flat Stanley project with their students. After reading the Flat Stanley books, the students then create their own paper 'Flat Stanley.' Teachers register their class on the official website, and then contact another school from a list of schools. Once a connection between schools has been made the students are ready to mail off their Flat Stanley projects. The receiving school typically takes pictures of Flat Stanley as he is on his vacation to send back to the students who made him.
The most important part of this project is that young students gain literacy skills as they engage in pen-pal like exchange. The children also learn geography skills as they track Flat Stanley's travels.
This is great! I had a grade 2 class who had pen pals and requested a photo of each student. They then took the picture of their "pal" and pasted it to a Popsicle stick and took pictures with them wherever they went for a spring vacation week. They then sent the pictures, pasted in a book to their pen pals. It was adorable! And they loved it..
This is great! I had a grade 2 class who had pen pals and requested a photo of each student. They then took the picture of their "pal" and pasted it to a Popsicle stick and took pictures with them wherever they went for a spring vacation week. They then sent the pictures, pasted in a book to their pen pals. It was adorable! And they loved it..
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