Summer Letter Writing Club Begins!

My son has just finished 1st Grade. The teacher had them writing all year long: writer's workshop, interactive journals, letters to pen-pals at another school, homework.....

Their writing improved throughout the year. Summer vacation arrives and I'm wondering how I can keep my son writing and having fun at the same time. 

Why not start a letter writing club with his friends and classmates?

We got some paper, some pencils and sent out an email to his class. The parents thought it was a great idea. The teacher gave the kids her address to write her over the summer. And she WILL write back. We looked up a few famous folks to write to, like director George Lucas (my son, Luke is a huge Star Wars fan) and President Obama. 

The first meeting was about an hour long, even though the writing lasted for a good 40 minutes. Everyone got at least one letter done.

We took an oath: "I promise to write back anyone who writes me!"

We have our next "meeting" this coming Friday morning. Different kids will probably join us for this one. The great thing is that you don't have to be present to be in the club. You just have to write someone and keep track of it.

I've printed out cute membership cards for the group and two pieces of personalized stationary too. I hope the writing letter bug will continue to "bite" for the whole summer. I'll keep you posted!

AnneZ

Mom of a 7 1/2 year old on Summer Vacation

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