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Aidan is wrapping up a reading and geography unit at school that features the adventures of a “kid who got smashed by a bulletin board, named Flat Stanley”. Aidan chose to send his Flat Stanley to our friend Veronica in Australia, and asked her to “take Stanley to lots of places and email my mom the pictures”. Veronica had a lot of fun with Stanley! Along the way, as Veronica emailed photos of their adventures, I mentioned to Aidan that we might make a scrapbook about Flat Stanley, and he was totally agreeable that we most definitely should do that. So last night, I got it started.

We chose a small, inexpensive 4×6 album at Hobby Lobby (made by S.E.I.) and scrapped 20 super-simple pages. We even included Flat Stanley himself, tucked safely away in a clear, plastic envelope, should he ever decide to take another adventure. ALso included is the envelope that he arrived back home in, and one of the tattoos that Veronica sent along for Aidan to share with his classmates. The book isn’t finished yet; we’ll add some of Aidan’s thoughts and some facts about Veronica’s home when he gets home from school. The stories in the book are told by Veronica; we printed her emails and used the text that accompanied each photo in the book! Aidan took his scrapbook to school this morning. This is the kid, after all, who still loves to look at the ABC album I made him 3 years ago, because it’s all about HIM, and it’s small enough for him to carry around. :)
I think “Flat Stanley visits Veronica in Australia” will be his new favorite scrapbook. Some samples from the book:

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Posted in General on March 6th, 2007

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3 Responses to “Flat Stanley in Australia”

  1. Tonya Says:
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:39 am

    I just love this Flat Stanley idea. I can’t wait for my DD to get to do this in first grade. I would not have thought about a scrapbook for him before this…but now I will.

    Thanks for sharing his trip with me.

  2. Foleysfriend Says:
    March 6th, 2007 at 10:43 am

    I’m glad that Flat Stanley was able to visit with V in her corner of Australia. It looked like he had fun - well, who wouldn’t have fun with V? If he ever gets the travelling bug again, he’s more than welcome to visit us in Vancouver BC.

    The scrapbook of his travels is a great keepsake of his studies in Grade 1.

    Nicely done …. mom & Aidan.

    sue

  3. Keith Says:
    March 6th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    My daughter did a Flat Stanley project were everyone in the class was supposed to spend the weekend with Stanley. We took him everywhere and got pictures of it all. When we brought the pictures in it seems that most kids just took one picture of Stanley at their house, so her teachers was very impressed. I like that you sent him to Australia and that they participated. These kind of projects are cool and educational.

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