Flat Traveling...A new adventure.

So this week we read Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown (circa 196os). This is a story that has started a whole fun movement that we are going to take part in for a while. But let's start from the beginning....

Flat Stanley is a boy who woke up one morning after being literally flattened by his bulliten board that fell on him during the night. The book continues on with his many adventures. Keona is really enjoying the whole thing, so I thought I'd go for overkill and sign us up to exchange flat travelers with other homeschoolers so we can find out about other places both exotic and not so exotic from the eyes of people who've been there. We are taking a pretty cool trip ourselves this summer, so we'll take several flats with us. Keona is a little wary of the project, but I'm sure once the first flat arrives in the mail and we get started he'll warm up to it more.

Here's Wikipedia's overview:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Stanley

And of course, someone has created a movie. It's a riot if you have some time to kill.

Flat Stanley's Holleywood Adventure
http://www.flatstanleymovie.com/

Here are a couple of Yahoo Groups if you want to join the fun...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlatTravelers/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flat_travelers_homeschool/?yguid=302984278

There's tons of stuff out there. Just Google Flat Stanley or Flat travelers..... ENJOY!