The Official FlatStanley Project

Flat Stanley Mini Movie of a Hollywood Adventure- Visit Mike Purl's Great Site

Clint Eastwood and Other Celebrities

ATV News Program  (View the outstanding Video Clip)

National Public Radio Interview (Wisconsin) with Dale Hubert and Jean Feraca April 3, 2005 (Link to the one hour show)

ABC Western Australia Radio Interview with Dale Hubert, March 4, 2005 (Listen)

National Public Radio Interview (Washington, DC)  with Dale Hubert, March 3, 2005 (Listen)

Flat Stanley in Flight (Watch the Video)
Special thanks to Major Libby for flying with Flat Stanley in a B-1 at 45,000 feet

Article in Young People's Press by Cindy Cameron

CBC Radio Report (Listen in Real Media format)

Flat Stanley Project Creator Wins Prime Minister's Award

Flat Stanley Project Wins Childnet Award

Here's some e-mail I have received.

Click on a title for some very interesting notes.

Here are some more...

Hi Dale,

We have already exchanged emails in the last academic year. You had kindly sent me an old invitation card with his Jeff Brown's signature on it. I am a Grade 2 Teacher in Toronto. I am in my second year of teaching in Toronto and originally from Montreal, Quebec. Actually, my best friend is Leslie Sklavounos which you have a success story posted on the site! She is the one who led me through the project in my first year of teaching here, which turned out to be a success for me as well. As a result of last years success, Stanley was incorporated once again into my curriculum this year.

I was driving home today after the end of my parent/teacher interviews and I reflected on what the parents told me. They expressed that their children eat, sleep, dream etc all about Stanley! I just can't believe how much Stanley has made a difference in my life as a new teacher and for my students in my class. We have just begun Writer's Workshop and the stories are all about Stanley. At the top of the Christmas tree in the main entrance of our school stands our Stanley Angel and on the door of my classroom a huge Stanley Claus is displayed with a sign saying "Must Be Stanley, Must Be Stanley, Must Be Stanley Claus". For 3 weeks now we have been signing the version of "Must Be Santa" but replace the word Santa for Stanley and the kids love it.

We have just finished reading Invisible Stanley as well as Stanley and the Magic Lamp. Last year, my students were disappointed that Stanley Flat again wasn't out on the shelves yet. But this year my class will be able to go on an extra adventure with Stanley before the year is through. I have a few questions for you. I have tried endlessly to get a hold of Jeff Brown's other books but everywhere I call they express that they are not published anymore. Do you know where I could get them, I would climb mountains to get these books. It is incredible how my ESL and lower students have improved their writing skills because of these books and I want to continue providing my students with all of his adventures.

Again, thank you for continuing your hard work for this site, it is a real gem. By the way, 6 visiting Stanley's enjoyed the Raptors game with me a few weeks ago. People stared and smiled as I took pictures with this cute flat paper boy, and I smiled back because he is more than just a piece of paper to me and my students, he is a part of our memorable learning experiences.

Thank you,

Cynthia

Grade 2 Teacher TDSB

Hello there. I am an Assisting Adult at Montessori School 11 in Yonkers, NY. I work in a Montessori Classroom with First and Second Graders.  Last week the teacher I work with was out due to her father passing. I decided to take on the Flat Stanley Project with my students and change it around a bit. I read them the original story about Flat Stanley and as a homework assignment,  I sent home letters with each child stating that they had to hand Flat Stanley out to an Adult who they thought would take care of him for the week.  My student's parents were very creative I must say. When they returned the projects back to me at the end of the week, I must say Flat Stanley had a hectic week. Not only did he go to work with one of my student's dad's to the Post Office but he also slipped out of his seatbelt and ended up riding under a car tire for the entire week with my other student's parents. I guess that gives a new meaning to "Flat Stanley."
When the teacher returned she was very happy and pleased with the Projects. We decided to keep them and turn them into a Classroom book. We shared our Flat Stanley stories with one another at a "Flat Stanley" party which was held this week. The kids had a blast and really enjoyed listening to the adventures Flat Stanley had last week with the other student's parents. Thanks again for letting me be able to share my story with you.
 
Sincerely,
Marisa Buccini

My Special Education students in Grades K-2 at Plains Elementary School in Timberville, Virginia are HUGE Flat Stanley fans!  We have sent our Stanleys almost every year for the past 8 years, and he has had some incredible adventures!  It's amazing how "Flat Stanley Fever" can strike so many, and spark so many imaginations.  We are preparing to send a batch of 13 Stanleys out into the world this week (one is travelling across the U.S. in a motor home, and one is going all the way to Ireland!) and it sure will brighten our winter.  In regard to the millennium, would it be interesting for Flat Stanley to prepare some sort of "TIME CAPSULE" to be opened in the future?  Or perhaps several capsules to be opened 1 year, 5 years, 10 years from now, or whatever is agreed upon.  I look forward to seeing what other ideas people have for Stanley. 
Jennifer Bridges  Plains Elementary school

Dale
Merry Christmas to you. Our Flat Stanleys have been very busy travelling around the U.S. and after the holidays, they venture out to Canada, Australia, and the Dominican Republic. My students are really enjoying this writing project and they like to receive mail and postcards from around the country and now the globe.
Thanks
Chris Hockert

Dale..... I have had an incredible response to this project over here in
Okinawa with some that were just sent and some that were planned. My kids are
having a blast at this time.

Thanks.

Dear Dale,

            The Flat Stanley project has allowed my first grade class not only to travel to the mainland United States but also to find so many caring people.  They are totally in awe of what different classes have sent us through both the mail and the Internet.  They have touched fall leaves, buckeyes, cotton plants and seen snow.  Not something usually done here.   We have made lifelong friends because of one flat boy.

Mahalo nui loa,

JoAnn Jacobs

(From New Zealand)
Hi Dale
I hope that you had a great Summer Break.
I guess you have now forgotten that you have been on Holiday and are now getting ready for the cold winter ahead.  We have just over 4 weeks left of our school year, so thought I would send a note about our Flat Stanley Year.  It has definitely been a great success, and children from other years are asking if it will be happening next year. One Younger sister even hosted a Stanley one night when it went to her house. We have had a Father hosting one as well.
In a school where there is only one computer per 31 children, and only one e-mail line out of the school for 400 children, dealing with e-mail hosts has been a worry.
I was delighted to see more names join mine from NZ, but that did not really ease the load for us. I think our tally must be near the 200 mark now. That is a big ask for any children, so I am really proud of the way they have kept taking them home and hosting them. Several children opted out this Term, but they were the ones who had had know reply to their first ones. A couple of my more difficult boys were really keen to host them, as was my special needs boy. I know that you advise people to label their Stanleys, but this is not always done, and as you can imagine with such a large number flooding in, it has been a nightmare to get the correct ones back to the correct places. I have a funny feeling that a class is going to receive some Flat Stanleys that they did not actually send us, as I had the name of a School and had to rely on your page for an address - from the USA this was an interesting exercise.
I am sending you an envelope by snail mail, as it contains things that will not go through a computer. In it I have included things that we send out (these are for you), my booklet from the beginning of the year, some photos (digital camera), and my outline for our Education Review Office (they were very impressed with the concept and even entertained some visiting Stanleys during their visit).

Have a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Sincerely
Anne Cole

Hi there,
Our Flat Stanley was on Monday night's episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond."   He was hanging on the refrigerator during a big scene. We sent Stanley to visit the aunt of one of my students. She took him to the studio and had his picture taken with the cast and crew.  How exciting that Stanley is now a TV star also!!
Chris Curfman, Ball's Bluff ES, Leesburg, VA

Hi Dale,

Linda Ferguson, from Lake Charles LA.  I am so excited about the FS project.  I signed up last year and we are in full swing.  I wanted to let you know that I will be featuring the FS project at the state conference for LA educators this weekend!  I am also sending you the link to my class webpage.  We have a link to the FS project with more pics to come. PLEASE feel free to use it on your FS page.       Or let me know what to do to get a mention on your site!    I also sent in a grant to a local grant foundation here using the FS project. We are preparing the children for the LEAP test in writing skills. What better way to do that than through the FS project. Please email me back and let me know what you think of the FS link, we created on our class webpage!    <
http://hal.calc.k12.la.us/~dolby/ferguson.htm    > Please feel free to sign our guestbook

Thank YOU, for this wonderful project!

Linda M. Ferguson, 2nd Grade, Dolby Elementary, 817 Jefferson Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70605

I can't tell you how excited we are about the Flat Stanley Project!  We are a school on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in rural South Dakota; as a result of this project are kids are getting a chance to share their culture with people from around the world.  We have had some wonderful learning opportunities;  what started as a fun activity has turned into a project that everyone is really getting into.   Our district technology mentor has put Flat Michael's adventures online!  You can see his site at:    http://www.tcsdk12.org/cmc/mentoring/mentor.htm     Click on Flat Michael's link.  Ms. Bordeaux's classroom has a Stanley page at http://www.tcsdk12.org/north/techprojects/bordeauxflatstanley.htm

Thank you for giving us this wonderful opportunity.  It is enriching the lives of all our students!

Chris Rhodes
Technology Mentor
North Elementary
Mission, SD

Dear Dale, As my sister found your site and recommended that I look at it, we became 2 of the 3 schools in Adelaide, Australia to enjoy this programme. We both teach year 3s this year.

Both our classes have responded in similar ways. My class on a suggestion that they take a box to prepare Flat Stanley a home, returned to school after the weekend with unbelievable efforts. That continued to grow as they shared their ideas. I was constantly amazed as each child added some feature to their home that was unique. Other children in the school enjoyed their efforts. The families commented that they experienced a bonding time making the houses! We could send you some photos.

Our homes are awaiting some visitors now s we have e-mailed many schools from the U.S.A.

The children enjoyed hearing about other schools success stories. We decided to share ours too. Our first Flat Stanley was from New Zealand and he arrived with lunch box, drink bottle, mobile phone, sunscreen, umbrella and hat! The children were most impressed. They have similarly dressed our Flat Stanleys up to send on his journey!

These are some letters from the children outlining some of their inputs into their homes.

From Denise Stringer, mitkids@adelaide.on.net

Dear Mr Hubert,

Room 26 at Mitcham School we made some houses. In my house I had electricity, a light and a fan.

From Cameron

Dear Mr Dale Hubert,

Our class made some Flat Stanley houses. I included some colonial windows and a chimney. the roof is red and inside is aqua. the outside is cream.

From Brittany

Dear Mr Hubert,

My class room 26 all made Flat Stanley houses. in mine I put a bed, chair, table. plates, rugs and a carpet. My house was contacted and it is only 1 storey.

Love from Jessica.

Dear Mr Hubert,

We built some houses for Flat Stanley. I built a two storey one and I even gave him a pet and a football.

From Caroline

Dear Mr Hubert,

Room 26 at Mitcham Primary School made houses. My house has a T.V. in it. It has a shower and a bath. It is a power bath.

Form Ben

Dear Mr Dale Hubert,

My name is Stephen. I live in Adelaide which is in Australia, if you don't know. My class has joined the Flat Stanley thing. I built a Flat Stanley house with a security camera in it.

Form Stephen

Dear Mr Dale Hubert,Room 26 at Mitcham School had made wonderful Flat Stanley houses. My house had a bed with a beautiful green silk quilt. Flat Stanley has a desk to do his home work.I thought he might get bored so I put some games and a pet bird.

By Michelle

Dear Mr Hubert

We like that you made up Flat Stanley because it is good to fin d information about other people. Some people get to read different things that are in the Flat Stanley booklet that wrote before another person.Some people take Flat Stanley every where they go ! They try hard not to rip Flat Stanley. Our class made Flat Stanley houses.

From Travis

Dear Mr Dale Hubert,

Our class had made Flat Stanley houses or rooms for Flat Stanley to live in. I put in a fridge with a cardboard packet of chips in it. Another class member and I put in carpet.

From Victoria.

Notes and Successes from the 1998 - 1999 School Year

Hi Dale,
I am a basic skills teacher at Carteret School in Bloomfield,NJ. My second graders have been involved in the Flat Stanley project and we have been having a lot of fun.In fact, we are in the process of planning a welcome home party for Flat very soon.  We are going to have different centers.
      In one particular center the children are going to trace each other on bulletin board paper, so that they could be flat.  On the one side they are going to color themselves in. On the other side they are going to do some writing like what they would want to do now that they are flat.  Or write some things about themselves like:  I am a girl?  I like to play tennis etc..   and have others guess  who they are.   I think I am going to take my children out onto the playground where we have a huge map of the US  and have them find the different states. They should be familiar with most of them because Flat has been to almost every state in the US.  I was also thinking about baking cookies and get a gingerbread cookie cutter and have them decorate it so it looks like flat stanley. 
If you find any other interesting activities I would appreciate it if you would send them my way.  This is the first year we are doing this and I want to plan more exciting activities for next year.  Thanks Dale and good luck!  Tara Sperduto

Bobby's Run School, PO Box 8, Lumberton, NJ

We are doing an exciting thing with Flat Stanley. We are sending him, his journal, and details of the Flat Stanley Project as it exists now 25 years into the future. We are doing this by putting Flat Stanleys, journals, letters of explanation, lists of participants, and a copy of the book into a time capsule that is to be buried at our new school dedication.

Sat, 12 Sep 1998

Dale,

I just had my open house Thursday night. My Flat Stanleys lined the room!!!!! All 5 classes of them!!!
We have our packets just about ready to send off...

Parents were very pleased that students were doing this in a language arts class. Because of the maps and flags and Stanley displays, it first appeared maybe I was teaching social studies. I taught my first 11 years in an interdisciplinary middle school, so I love the FS connection.
Thanks for your ideas and your efforts.
Later,

Tea
Gainesville, FL

On Friday, we made our Flat Stanley's. It was a great morning. The students also logged on to the web and selected a potential guest spot for their Stanley's. E-mails have been sent. We will be taking a group picture on Thursday and will send you a copy.
I also took pictures of them making their Stanleys. We're sending journals along with them, so that others can write and record. This week we'll do some sample educational activities and writing about the project.

This has been a great bonding activity.

Mavis

Notes and Successes from the 1997 - 1998 School Year

April 26, 1998 

My name is Terre Eldridge and I teach the fourth grade in Western North Carolina. We have been doing the Flat Stanley project for 2 years with much success. Not only do we have the students send Stanley to friends or relatives, but we also select several prominent people to send him to. Last year we sent Stanley to our Congressman and he took Stanley on a trip to Russia with him and then personally brought him back to our school. This year we sent him to our governor, who took him to the national Governors' Conference and then responded with a detailed letter; Rosie O'Donnell received Flat and then sent him back with a "Flat Rosie" to keep him company, and one of our students even received a 2 page letter back from Senator John Glenn stating that he may take Flat Stanley on his October mission into space!! We sent him to the local TV station where he made the rounds in several departments including spending the day with the news anchor person. This project is not only exciting for our fourth graders, but the entire school gets to see where Stanley has been when they view our posters of his travels and souvenirs.

Terre

Dear Dale,

I am writing to tell you of the success I have had with your Flat Stanley Project. I work with inner city children that don't get to travel much if at all. This year the children were required to learn about Mexico and Canada in our Social Studies curriculum. When we started to receive and send Flat Stanley to these places they made a personal connection to the information about these places. During my lessons comments would be made "I remember Flat Stanley came back with a map of that town Ms. Tello!". We also did several science projects with Flat Stanley, and had writing contests "The most unusual place I took Flat Stanley" The winner put him in a zip lock bag and took him in the swimming pool! We had so much fun and learned a lot along the way, thanks so much for all your hard work!!

Hello, Dale

I want to thank you for the great project you've put together. The students at both my schools have participated and we've had a lot of learning as well as fun working with FS. The high point was when a grade 4 student from Virginia, on her winter break, arrived at our school with FS in hand. We are in Windsor, Ont., and the school is an inner city school. The students, not to mention the classroom teacher, were thrilled with the visit. What a fantastic return on a few stamps!

Dear Dale- Got your message in the bulk mailing. Thanks. Stanley has been a real success this year. Many parents have told me how much their families enjoyed this program and what a great motivator it is for kids.

Suzanne Hughes

Hello Dale,

H is some email from my 2nd/3rd grade students. They really wanted to let you know what they think about the project. We use Stanley connections for geography, math, understanding differences in people, sharing classroom and home experiences, and we generate a lot of writing in email to our many Flat Stanley partners. It's a great open-ended, interactive project.

So long for now,

Terry

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 Dear Dale Hubert,

What I really like about the Stanley project is that you can send Stanleys to other Countries! and that you can design a Stanley anyway you want. What I think you learn from this project is to take care of other peoples Stanleys, and to ve poæa resit—sibilriF to whi6e in oo¶ logb d–. Why td youe "ke the book Flat Stanley and turn it into a project ? I think we should take a digital picture of a Stanley and send him in Email instead of snail mail! Bye!

 From Mr. Smiths class: Bryn!

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Dear Dale Hubert,

I like Flat Stanley because it is neat how you can see different Flat Stanleys. I think it might help us to learn how other people talk. My new ideas are you could make Flat Stanley's brother or your friend into a paper doll.

By Brittney

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Dear Dale,

How did you come up with the idea of making Flat Stanleys? Well, we read the book Flat Stanley. Flat Stanleys help me learn by taking care of other people’s property. A new idea might be to send Flat Stanleys in Email, or

send one to one place than they send it to another place and it will go around the world and it comes back in a year.

From,

Grant

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Dear Dale Hubert,

I like the Flat Stanley project because we get to communicate with each other and get to play with each others Flat Stanleys. Flat Stanleys might help you learn by sending email. My new idea for the Flat Stanley project is we should send our Flat Stanleys, our Flat Stanleys logbook, a letter, a picture of us, clothes for them, and we should make toys for them.

How did you start Flat Stanley?

From Brianne

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Dear Dale Hubert,

I like your flat Stanleys because you can make them look really cool!!! You might learn to make new E-mail friends faster. You can send them in E-mail instead of snail-mail. I really like the flat Stanley project! We sent Flat Stanleys too!!!

Blake

Thursday, February 5, 1998

My class is still excited about Flat Stanley and his travels.   We set a goal to have him visit all seven continents.  An Atlanta radio station is taking him to the Winter Olympics for us! He has also gotten an offer to visit Antarctica.  That was the one continent I was having difficulty getting Flat Stanley to.  He has already been to Ireland, England, Australia, Singapore, Africa, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Canada, and about 30 of the states.  My class is learning quite a bit about geography and other countries and cultures.  We are also exchanging Flat Stanleys with other classes from your web site.  Thank you for all your trouble in getting Stanley back on the web.

Susan Bowlin, 2nd Grade Teacher, Atlanta, Georgia

Tuesday, September 23, 1997

Flat Stanley has arrived in rain drenched Hilo, Hawaii. So far our class has received two visitors. The class noticed they were both a little over dressed. Particularly the one from Michigan. He came in a long sleeved shirt and pants, we were afraid he would melt the first day in our room. (Hawaii schools don't have air conditioning!) Flat Stanley is about to embark on a great Kapiolani adventure. He has made friends with my students and has inspired them to think and be creative. I can not thank you all enough for participating in this project and making my class so alive this year. I have never seen the kids this excited about any thing. We look forward to sharing special days with you through out the year.

Mrs. De Roy, Chiefess Kapiolani School

Friday, August 15, 1997

I am writing to you about the results of my Flat Stanley Project. About 4 weeks before school started I sent a Flat Stanley to the Atlanta Braves since I am a huge Atlanta Braves Fan. Along with Stanley I sent a camera. Yesterday I received a journal, my Flat Stanley and 4 pictures had been taken on my camera. I have not developed them yet but the journal said that they were: 1) Flat Stanley interviewing Jeff Blauser, 2) Flat Stanley playing peek-a-boo with Greg Maddux, 3) Flat Stanley watching T.V. with Chipper Jones and 4) Flat Stanley in the announcer's booth. I am so glad that I have a real motivator for my students when they arrive on Monday!

Lori Howell

Notes from last 1996 - 1997

Hello Dale,

What a great year this has been for us. Not only were we able to get an Internet hook-up in our classroom but were able to access with our very own personal e-mail address. Stanley visited Hawwei as wmal as mery othe U.S. ie citiad, Canatian citOns in O Nario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He is presently visiting Rome and Alba in Italy as well as Harare in Zimbabwe. In conjunction with our unit on the City of Windsor ( city government,councillors and ward system) Stanley also visited the Mayor's Office. Last Thursday morning, Mayor Michael D. Hurst returned Stanley in person. Accompanying the mayor were two of his assistants and two television cameras. Later on that evening we made the 5:30 and 6:00 o'clock news. The mayor has extended an invitation to us to visit city hall before the end of the school year.

What a great project!!! Thanks a million and yes, please include me on the list. I will have the same grade level at St. Angela School.

Marie Langlois

Dear Dale:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Our Stanley project has been a huge success. Stanley is finally on his way home from Australia! He is also travelling around the world in the wallet of a former student. We are tracking him on a world map. Writing skills have improved and the creativity of the students is up and beyond anything I could have motivated! Last week a Stanley arrived from Ohio and that night he went to a roller skating party...rubber skates and all! Our photo album continues to grow in leaps and bounds.

I have been asked to write up this project idea in the form of a lesson for Teachers Helping Teachers web site.... Dr. Scott Mandel asked if any teacher used information taken from the Internet in their classroom....it will be the topic of the week..... I've been working on it for two weeks in between the flu and shopping, and will e-mail it next week. I gave you credit for the idea... this has snowballed among friends and business people. Of course we are not the Elmo craze yet... but it sure has developed an interest in reading... we are presently trying to do something with Jan Brett's book, The Mitten. My class has a better understanding of character traits and supporting details. We are working on Stanley Adventures in our learning centres. That's about the update. Hope you have had success with Stanley this year.

Take care and after the holidays my class has a letter for you and your class. It has been on my desk for a week! Just one of those weeks. You should see Stanley as an elf!!!

Thanks again for such a terrific idea!

Valerie

I wanted to pass on another successful Flat Stanley project idea. I answered a request for a Flat Stanley journal exchange with a grade 3 class in Australia. The whole of 24 students each kept a daily diary for 2 weeks (Actually their Flat mate did it for them) The journals were then mailed with the flat mate to my grade 3. The flat person continued the daily journal here in Canada for another 2 weeks (with the help of their new Canadian friend).We sent back coloured leaves photos, etc to illustrate their adventures here. We sent our Flat selves back with the journals. We were lucky and got to go on their class trip to Under Water World in Australia and sleep in the tunnel. We could see the sharks, etc swimming all around us. It was so exciting for the children to get an email back telling of the adventures at Underwater World. (north of Brisbane). This project was more expensive than the normal exchange (cost about 30-35 dollars for postage) but it was well worth it!

Dear Dale:

Just want to share an idea with you. I contacted an Australian key pal who was very interested in the Flat Stanley project. Our Stanleys are on the way to her with a wardrobe,food and passports. Nicola is sending a kangaroo puppet with a travel diary and some Aussie Goodies. She is also including a Kodak throw away camera so we might record the kangaroo's visit to our American school! I would have taken pictures anyway, but what a thoughtful idea to include the camera. Postage is expensive enough and if you include film, processing and so on..... you have a very expensive project. We are having fun communicating with the Aussies and Canadians and USA schools and so on...... My class is becoming very creative and Stanley and cousins have visited Mom and Dad's workplace. We will have a fond remembrance of fourth grade --- Stanley even went to gymnastics practice;he got torn by accident, but Mom put a bandaid on him instead of scotch tape! I think our Stanleys will follow my students to college! They are very attached to them! Thank you for a great idea! We have already read Invisible Stanley and Stanley and the Magic Lamp!

Hello,

Please include our class again for next years' project!!!!. We have had a great time this year. Stanley has gone to Haiti with the peacekeepers, visited Holland, Sweden, Egypt, Japan and most Canadian provinces. Did you know that McDonald's is the favourite restaurant of every school we surveyed internationally? The most popular T.V. show, even in Egypt, is The Simpsons. We have made and received videos of schools, banners, art work, restaurant menus, maps and souvenirs. Now he's exhausted! This has been a great project for my class as all of the international contacts wanted to continue as penpals so they could practice their English. This has also been a learning year for us. I would welcome any ideas for organizing Stan's in and Stan's out. Do your kid's keep Stan logs? How do you track his comings and goings? I'm sure we lost track during heavy traffic seasons that conflicted with school-wide celebration times.

Thankyou SO much for this wonderful idea.

Diana Hirsh (Grade 3), E. W. Norman Public School

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Hi!

How is everyone doing with their Flat Stanleys. My class has sent out about 18 so far. They have gone to places throughout Canada, the US and the World. We have received e-mail messages from Japan, Texas, Geneva, Paris, New Brunswick, California etc. One boy sent his to Joe Carter of the Bluejays...we'll keep our fingers crossed; however, he is no longer living in Toronto (where we mailed it.) It has been interesting seeing the variety of Flat Stanleys which we have received from life sized laminated ones complete with a journal with a photograph of the senders and 4 entries. The kids had fun taking this one to swimming lessons, teaching him how to do cartwheels, taking him down the slide, eating lunch together, taking him to Sherbrooke etc. We look forward to sending and receiving more FSs. I really liked the journal idea but to save money with postage we are sending a letter along with ours and then keeping a master scrapbook with letters, e-mail messages etc.

Flat Stanley Rules!

This one is from Paula Mooney in Brockville:

Wow did we ever receive some neat stuff from our Flat Stanley contacts. For instance, one went to a dairy farm and we received a book with a detailed description of a day in the life of a dairy farm and photographs to boot, t-shirts, pencils, erasers, music cassettes. One went to work at the UN in Geneva where she attended a meeting and heard 6 languages being used at once, she then took the rapid train to Paris and after a month in Paris she was off to Cambridge England via the chunnel. She really enjoyed learning about where Newton discovered the speed of sound, seeing the original manuscripts of Winnie the Pooh etc. etc. etc. My kids are hooked. Some have sent out three FSs! I think that this could become a tradition.