A friend of ours, Mary Lou, had done a little Flat Stanley project with her granddaughter who was wanting to learn more about the great state of Arizona. Knowing we are home schoolers, she thought to send a copy of this project to our family! We have now read through Flat Stanley's report twice, and did learn very much about Arizona and the Sonoran Desert. We even got to smell the wet creosote bush, which gives the desert its fragrant fresh aroma after a rainfall. Mary Lou included a sample in a Ziploc bag; all we had to do was get it wet. Most of the kids thought it smelled good...others not so :). The timing was perfect because just his week our third grader, Teresa, started a new science unit on The Desert. She was thrilled to be able to recognize some different cactus and the creosote bush in the photos of her text book.
Thank you Flat Stanley, and Mary Lou, for the extra special surprise lesson that came in the mail for our family. We truly did enjoy it very much! Little Jessica is a lucky girl to have a grandma like you!
