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Poscards Galore (more postcards for my daughter)

Chris — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:54:24 +0000

Today proved fruitful as I wandered into the mail room! Not only did I notice them setting up a tasty PTO luncheon for teachers (yum later on!) I saw FOUR postcards in my box!

The first is from South Bend, Indiana. Thanks everyone in South Bend at St. Joseph!

Then there were three more from Cheryl Lykowski! Thanks so much Global Explorers! We’re going to listen to your podcast about Michigan!

I couldn’t believe there was a bridge that’s 5 miles long!

And I’ve always heard Michigan was shaped like a hand…

Thanks so much you all!

Chris

Postcards from New York

Chris — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:25:57 +0000

A special thanks to Lisa Parisi who had kids make hand-drawn postcards for my daughter’s kindergarten class!

One is tough to see, but it’s of Long Island Beach, NY and the second os from Manhattan.

As some of you know, I’ll have my first ever visit to NY in March for AERA. I’ve flown into JFK but that doesn’t count.

Thanks, South Paris Collaborative!

Postcards – more arrivals

Chris — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:45:16 +0000

Here are two more postcards that I received recently. Thanks so much for sending them!

This one came from the incomparable Brian Grenier in El Paso, Texas!

and this one came all the way from Mt. Vernon, Washington and the wonderul Martha Thornburgh!

Woo hoo! Lots of postcards! Thanks, you all!

Chris

Postcards from A Vare Elementary in Philadelphia

Chris — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:32:42 +0000

Thanks so much to the A. Vare Elementary folks in Philadelphia! They sent us THREE postcards about Philadelphia! I’ll take these to my daughter’s class tomorrow morning! They will be so excited!

Here are scans, the front of one and the front and back of the second two (the first one had teacher’s names on it and I didn’t want to publically broadcast it without permission…)

Aren’t they awesome! Thanks so much!!

Postcards have begun to arrive

Chris — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:52:38 +0000

The postcards for my daughter’s kindergarten class have begun to arrive!

Exactly a week ago today I posted a request to the network asking for postcards. I also sent it out via Twitter and immediately I got a few responses.

Well, the fruits of that request are flowing in, as I received two postcards today!

One is from the incomparable Chrissy H from New Zealand…

The other is from the wonderful Kat Saton from Virginia!

Thank you to both these wonderful folks for sending my little girl’s class these postcards! I’ll deliver them this afternoon to the school.

Postcards from around the world

Chris — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:45:50 +0000

Would you be willing to send me a postcard?

My daughter’s kindergarten class started a little project where they made a gingerbread man and were asked to send it to someone far away and ask that person to send back a postcard.

That got me to thinking, what if I digitally “sent” the gingerbread man and asked folks in my network to send a postcard my way? That could be interesting…

So, here is my 5 year-old daughter’s gingerbread man!

Would you consider sending us a postcard? Yes, it needs to be received through US mail…

It’s funny because they were only intending for folks in the USA to respond, and that is evidenced from the fact that their wall map is only of the US! Interesting how US-centric our classrooms are, isn’t it?!

So, anyone willing to send my little girl a postcard for her class? Here are the only requirements..

1. It needs to be a photo postcard reflecting where you live.

2. It needs to be sent through the mail.

That’s it! These kindergartners would love to hear from you all! Will you help? Leave a comment with a valid email address and I will send you the address…