The Flat Stanley Project 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.
The Project provides an opportunity for students to make connections with students of other member schools who have signed up with the project. Students begin by reading the book and becoming acquainted with the story. They create paper "Flat Stanleys" (representative drawings of the Stanley Lambchop character) and keep a journal for a few days, documenting the places and activities in which Flat Stanley is involved. Each student's Flat Stanley and its respective journal are mailed to other people who are asked to treat the figure as a visiting guest and add to his journal, then return them both after a period of time. |
How it Works One of the many advantages of sending "Flat Stanley" is that they can visit friends by traveling in an envelope. Students' written work goes to other places by conventional mail and e-mail. While it might seem similar to a pen pal activity, it is much more. In a standard pen pal exchange, students rarely know how to begin or what to write about; with a Flat Stanley, it is as if the sender and the recipient have a mutual friend, and writing becomes easier and more creative for children.
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