Over the last week, I've had the pleasure of showing a new friend around my little corner of Lesotho. Flat Stanley made the journey from Carroll, Iowa to Lesotho to learn more about my country of service, its culture and its people.
For those of you not familiar with the Flat Stanley project, here's some background from the official Flat Stanley web site, which you can access by clicking here:
In 1995, Dale Hubert, a Grade 3 teacher in London, Ontario, Canada, began the Flat Stanley Project. He invited other teachers to take part by hosting flat visitors and to encourage their students to write their own Flat Stanley journals.
One of the many advantages of sending flat visitors is that they can visit friends by travelling in an envelope. Students' written work goes to other places by conventional mail and e-mail.
Students make paper Flat Stanleys and begin a journal with him for a few days. Then Flat Stanley and the journal are sent to another school where students there treat Flat Stanley as a guest and complete the journal. Flat Stanley and the journal are then returned to the original sender. Students can plot his travels on maps and share the contents of the journal. Often, a Flat Stanley returns with a pin or postcard from his visit. Some teachers prefer to use e-mail only. Especially creative hosts send the Flat Stanleys back with pictures, souvenirs, stories and reminders of the visit.
Kayla Venner and her class are participating in a Flat Stanley project this year. Thank you Kayla for sending Stanley to Lesotho! I hope your class and you enjoy hearing about his visit!
For my loyal blog readers, you can check out pictures of Flat Stanley's adventures by clicking the "Kelly's Photos From Lesotho" link to the left and then the album titled "Flat Stanley."
For those of you not familiar with the Flat Stanley project, here's some background from the official Flat Stanley web site, which you can access by clicking here:
In 1995, Dale Hubert, a Grade 3 teacher in London, Ontario, Canada, began the Flat Stanley Project. He invited other teachers to take part by hosting flat visitors and to encourage their students to write their own Flat Stanley journals.
One of the many advantages of sending flat visitors is that they can visit friends by travelling in an envelope. Students' written work goes to other places by conventional mail and e-mail.
Students make paper Flat Stanleys and begin a journal with him for a few days. Then Flat Stanley and the journal are sent to another school where students there treat Flat Stanley as a guest and complete the journal. Flat Stanley and the journal are then returned to the original sender. Students can plot his travels on maps and share the contents of the journal. Often, a Flat Stanley returns with a pin or postcard from his visit. Some teachers prefer to use e-mail only. Especially creative hosts send the Flat Stanleys back with pictures, souvenirs, stories and reminders of the visit.
Kayla Venner and her class are participating in a Flat Stanley project this year. Thank you Kayla for sending Stanley to Lesotho! I hope your class and you enjoy hearing about his visit!
For my loyal blog readers, you can check out pictures of Flat Stanley's adventures by clicking the "Kelly's Photos From Lesotho" link to the left and then the album titled "Flat Stanley."
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