We are starting our group project this week, & are VERY excited about it!! It is all about Flat Stanley – the story of Stanley who got squashed as flat as a pancake, & can now handily travel all around the world folded up in an envelope!! This leads us to a fun geography project that your children can take part in – they will be getting their own Flat Stanley, who can be posted to anyone they know who lives in a different part of the world, whether it’s Timbuktu or Tipperary!! We’re hoping that Stanley will return with lots of pictures & little notes recording where he’s been in the world, & then the children can record it on the map in their classroom.
Along with this, we will be discussing the postal system, how we use stamps, who we know who live in different parts of the world, what different parts of the world are like – how they’re alike/different to where we live at the moment.
Flat Stanley Song
Once upon a time when I was asleep,
A bulletin board came crashing down on me,
I thought it was a dream but it’s a fact –
That when I woke up I was completely flat!
Chorus: They call me Flat Stanley, I’m ready to go,
From The Children’s House to Mexico*,
Just put me in an envelope nice & flat,
And send me in the post it’s as simple as that!
Now being flat is not as bad as it seems,
You can do stuff that’s in your dreams,
Slide under doors or fly like a kite –
Being flat is quite alright!
Chorus * – change Mexico to Tokyo
I love to have adventures far and wide,
Just write a letter & I’ll jump inside,
I don’t need to travel by plane or boat –
I travel the world straight through the post!
Chorus * – change Tokyo to Ohio
They call me Flat Stanley, as flat as a pancake
Being flat is really great!!