“Flat Stanley,” authored by Jeff Brown, is about a character in a series of children’s books that is flattened by a bulletin board, which was hung on the wall over his bed. Standing about seven inches tall, the paper-thin cutout boy figure arrived via mail with brown hair and wearing a green shirt, red pants and black shoes.Īccording to her letter, “Flat Stanley is about a boy who is flat and gets to go on new adventures through the mail.” Paul Delekto, services chief, MCPD, received a hand-written letter by a young girl from Mark Twain Elementary School in Rolla, Missouri, requesting his participation as part of a study in geography.

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s Marine Corps Police Department recently gave its special guest, “Flat Stanley,” a taste of what it is like to be a military police officer. Human Resources and Organizational Management.

JPEO-CBD Enterprise Fielding & Surveillance.and countries around the world including India, Germany, Sri Lanka, and Dubai to name just a few. They sent letters to many places in the U.S. Hackett, first grade teachers at Northvail School, introduced the Flat Stanley Project idea to theirstudents, and they were very excited to participate. In addition to letter-writing skills, keeping track of Flat Stanley supports lessons in geography.Ī few weeks ago Ms. Kids then talk about, track, and write about their flat character’s journey and adventure similar to a pen-pal activity. The basic principle of The Flat Stanley Project is to connect your classroom with other classrooms participating in the Project by mailing “flat” visitors, created by the children.

The idea was to make a paper cutout of the main character from the book “Flat Stanley,” by Jeff Brown, and mail that cutout around the world, keeping a journal of where Stanley had been. PARSIPPANY - A third-grade teacher in Ontario, Canada started the Flat Stanley project in 1995.

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