After discussing how to send a letter and putting letters in our classroom mailbox, the 3A children showed great interest in writing and sending letters to others. On our way to the park, we noticed a few mailboxes and decided we would write letters and cards that they made for their family members home.
After multiple days of working on our letters and cards (mostly drawing and a little message) we put them into envelopes. The teachers helped the children write down their home addresses on the envelopes and then we put stamps on them. Finally, we were ready to walk to a mailbox near our school. After we passed a few blocks, Manu shouted "Look! A mail box!" as he pointed to a mailbox afar.
Once we approached the mailbox, the children put their envelopes in one by one. Then we decided to wait and see what happened to our letters!
By now all of the letters should have arrived. In order to make this into an authentic learning experience, we would like to ask that you have your child receive the letter from inside your mailboxes! Some questions that you may ask the children are: how did the letter get to our house? What do you think happened to our letters after you sent it?
