I am working on lesson plans for February and I want to do a theme on mailing letters and include simple geography.

The general plan is to tell the children that a small stuffed dinosaur I have wants to go on vacation but doesn't have any way to travel except by mail. We would mail him off to friends in another state and then they would send it on to other friends.

I would like to compile a list of people interested in receiving and sending on the dinosaur. This list (with addresses) would be sent so each 'friend' would know where to send it next. We would include a journal that each group of friends would record/write what the dinosaur did. The accompanying letter would ask the recipient to take the dinosaur on fun adventures like visiting a museum, a park, a school, etc. and it would suggest sending a post card back to us where the dinosaur would tell us what he's been up to. The letter would also give emailing information if the friends would be able to email pictures back to us of his adventures. We would hope to have the dinosaur back to us by the beginning of May so the children could hear all about his adventures and mark his journey on a map.

If anyone would be interested in participating please email me at mz5@theideabox.com before Feb 2,2005. All contact information would solely be used for the purpose of sending in on to the next recipient.

TIA,
Linda/NE