Flat Stanley

Well, Ethan's Flat Stanley project is finished!

Flat Stanley is a series of books about a boy that is flattened by a billboard, and his family takes him all kinds of adventures. He can do all sorts of different things because he is flat.

Well, all the third graders made their own "Flat Stanley" and had to take him on adventures over Spring Break. They were encouraged to take pictures, etc. and they had to do a project that described the adventures they went on with Flat Stanley. We did have lots of fun taking Flat Stanley with us various places over Spring Break.

Because we took so many pictures, we decided to make a scrapbook. That's where the fun began. . .notsomuch! Let's just say that my idea of a scrapbook project and Ethan's idea of a scrapbook project were not the same. We did get it finished, and it turned out really cute if I do say so myself. It just took several frustrating hours of trying to get an 8-year-old boy to write descriptively and trying to get him to concentrate on the project instead of what his brother was doing and what he may have been missing out on!

But, now it's finished and the big lesson I learned from this project? Don't wait until the last two days before it is due to do a school project! (You'd think I'd know this by now, but once a procrastinator, I guess always a procrastinator!)