The thing about having worked in an elementary school is seeing truly how many things some kiddos don't have any background knowledge about. We both know how it happens. Life gets busy and we forget to share with our kids little things we know about something.
Oops - happens to the best of us!
Snail mail is just one of those things that is rather easy to make time for.
If you live far away from anybody, Grandma, a friend, etc send them things!
This is easy for us because all of our grandparents live in other states, so mailing little things like coloring pages is easy to do an always appreciated :)
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| The artwork of my 4 year old |
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| The artwork of my 2 1/2 year old |
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| My artwork - you're welcome Mom! ;) |
Anytime you can allow your kids to take part in any part of normal life, they are totally excited. They LOVE the sticky part of sealing envelopes!
Explain to them how we write the person's NAME and how we have to write where they live with an ADDRESS. Let them help you put the STAMPS in the top right corner. We even have a RETURN ADDRESS "stamp" and that makes the whole thing even more fun!
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| Let them decorate the back with stamps & stickers |
Don't forget the most important part! Walk them to the mailbox or drive them to the post office. Let them drop in the mail! Ask them who is going to pick it up and make sure they know how it's going to get to Grandma :)
Ta da! Happy Grandparents (or friends) and knowledgable kiddos!
What more could we ask for?
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