FLAT

  One Word Sunday

Flat Stanley flat map in Prague Czech Republic

Flat Stanley - Montreal

I first mentioned Flat Stanley in a previous post and some background on him and his travels over here.

So Flat Stanley went on a road trip this weekend. He went from Toronto to Montreal which is about 350 miles each way (or approx. 510 kilometres each way as can be seen in the 2nd photo).

We took his picture as we headed back to Toronto, the sign behind him shows  the direction to either Montreal (east or est in French) or Toronto (west or ouest in French).

He is resting up now for his flight tomorrow night from Toronto to Copenhagen, Denmark where he starts his European trip.

You can see the Quebec license plate on the car in front.

 Crossing the "ever under construction" Mercier Bridge

 Heading back to Toronto - we're going right.

 510 Km!! until home!

Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley from I Have a Notion's blog visited the CN Tower in Toronto yesterday. You can just catch a glimpse of a Toronto streetcar behind him, known as a Red Rocket.

Flat Stanley

I had never heard of Flat Stanley (but then I don't have kids in elementary school!) until I was reading Cat Patches post Flat Stanley. BTW when you pop over there be sure to vote for her quilt.
As Cat Patches says Zachary, who claims to be a co-worker over at I Have a Notion, has requested help with a reading homework assignment. He's asked us to print out a picture of his friend, Flat Stanley, and take him some place interesting near by. Then we're supposed to take a picture of Flat Stanley and email it back to Zachary's mom along with a little narrative about Flat Stanley's travels. If you want to help Zachary out, you have until May 15th to do so.
After reading all this I had to google Flat Stanley and lo and behold he has his own website!
The site states "The basic principle of The Flat Stanley Project is to connect your child, student or classroom with other children or classrooms participating in the Project by sending out "flat" visitors, created by the children, through the mail (or digitally, with The Flat Stanley app). Kids then talk about, track, and write about their flat character's journey and adventures. Although similar to a pen-pal activity, Flat Stanley is actually much more enriching-students don't have to wonder where to begin or what to write about. The sender and the recipient already have a mutual friend, Flat Stanley. Writing and learning becomes easier, flows naturally, and tends to be more creative. This is what teachers call an "authentic" literacy project, in that kids are inspired to write of their own passion and excitement about the project, and given the freedom to write about many things through the rubric of the Flat Stanley character."

So I have printed Flat Stanley and he will be coming on our trip to Copenhagen and then on our Danube river cruise.