Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley was not welcomed at first as you can see...
We had the opportunity to host Flat Stanley for our nephew in Ga. last month. Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia to explain.
"The Flat Stanley Project was started in 1995 by Dale Hubert,a third grade schoolteacher in London, Ontario, Canada. It is meant to facilitate letter-writing by schoolchildren to each other as they document where Flat Stanley has gone with them. Dale Hubert received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2001 for the Flat Stanley
Project. The Project provides an opportunity for students to make connections with students of other member schools who've signed up with the project. Students begin by reading the book and becoming acquainted with the story. Then they make paper "Flat Stanleys" (or pictures of the Stanley Lambchop character) and keep a journal for a few days, documenting the places and
activities in which Flat Stanley is involved. The Flat Stanley and the journal are mailed to other people who are asked to treat the figure as a visiting guest and add to his journal, then return them both after a period of time. "
In the end this was a really neat project and I think I may do it with our kids next year. Are any of you up for hosting Stanley?
Our Home Town
First we took Stanley on a trip to the lake.
Joshua takes Stanley to see the beach on a very windy day
Brenden teaches Stanley to always wear his life jacket
The kids help Stanley visit the Spill Way at Grenada Lake
Tayler and Stanley helped save a Carp by throwing it back into the water. Here are Tayler and Stanley with a billboard and a picture of a Carp.
Stanley Playing at Grenada Lake Park with Joshua
Next we head home for Stanley to meet a few of our friendlier animals during feeding time.
It was hard to get a good picture while Stanley watched the ducks and geese eat. Garlic doesn't like visitors and wanted to taste Stanley a few times.
The chicken all pretty much ignored him.

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