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 accompanied them.
In the Flat Stanley children's books, Stanley travels the world in envelopes. Students who read the books send the paper doll and written notes to students in other parts of the world through conventional mail and e-mail. Children exchange ideas, photographs, questions and culture with students overseas.
Teachers register and arrange exchanges with other classrooms on the Flat Stanley Project website. Other teachers ask students get their parents' permission to address an envelope and send the paper doll to a friend or relative in another state. The Flat Stanley Project uses blogs for teachers, parents and students to publish stories, describe local traditions and scenery, and post photos. Flat Stanley photos are archived in an online Picture Gallery. http://www.flatstanleyproject.com/
Check out Flat Stanley and where he's been at http://www.flatstanley.com/photo/gallery and let's see when he posts about his TWO visits to our beloved Castle and Gardens just today.
Dang, wish I'd been there to meet Flat Stanley. He's such a cosmopolitan dude.
ReplyDeleteA great tour guest but a little quiet!
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DeleteBut the look on your face, Don, when he first arrived was just priceless. "What just happened" I think is the exact quote....
DeleteThanks to Van for making his first trek to the castle one to remember, and thanks to the Van Drunen guests for bringing him back an hour later for the WHOLE tour!
We needed to "pump" him up!!!
ReplyDeleteFlat Stanley is great! So glad these Stanley's were able to add the Castle to their lists of destinations. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL at Don's " what just happened?" . Will there be pix posted somewhere of his visits to the castle?
ReplyDeleteOr maybe "better not to ask, you might find out somthing you don't want to know"
ReplyDeleteStill looking for Flat Stanley photos at Tovrea to show up on the Flat Stanley site - might be a bit, as he was heading to Iowa and Chicago.
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