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1 H I T W E M I T G I N Z M T U O T F L E V H ctivitis and Evnt Suggstions

2 D Frinds, Flat Stanly is back travling th glob in an xciting nw sris: Flat Stanly s Worldwid dvnturs. Ys, this is th sam Stanly who was first flattnd by a bulltin board in his original advntur ovr forty-fiv yars ago, nabling him to fly lik a kit, slip undr doors, and travl by mail; th sam Stanly who has inspird countlss childrn to mak thir own flat charactr cutouts to snd through th mail. Now this classic hro has rturnd to travl th glob in his vry own sris of gography-thmd books. W ar so xcitd for Flat Stanly to b travling again that w would lik to shar ths activitis and vnt suggstions with you. W hop that you will njoy hosting your Flat Stanly vnt, and hlp Flat Stanly continu his travls. Hav a flat-out amazing tim! Th H p C± lins Childrn s B³ ks M kting Dp tmnt Travl to om for gams, global facts, pn pal

3 s n o i t s g g u S y t Par Sprad th Word ly party, to your Flat Stan For an invitation corat, anly tmplat, d cut out th Flat St snd! information, and writ in th party Your Own Flat Stanly Bfor th party, photocopy th Flat Stanly tmplat for ach child and gathr dcorating matrials, scissors, glu, and nvlops. t th party, hav all th childrn dcorat thir own Flat Stanly to mail whn thy gt hom. ing n th wall t n i a P d i m a r Py of utility papr o and c ags long pi with im it t Hang a a r und co tris aro kids d n v u a o h c d n it a ir favor rom th ld. words f o th w r E8 F JB E?7 J< I8 G H Gography B k kids B, whr you as Hold a Gography untris. ls of stats and co ta pi ca th m na to World Party culturs from Clbrat diffrnt by making around th world act st bring) an artif (or having ach gu ffrnt country. or food from a di Travl Tally l of th placs ak a list of al m to ds ki sk Stanly. to snd Flat thy would lik ost find out th m Tak a poll to ation! popular dstin lphabt dvntur ith phabt starting w Go through th al v kids nam th lttr and ha gin countris that b citis, stats, and th alphabt. with ach lttr of Words in a Word s Flat Stanly rs, writ tt l rg la In sht turs on a n v d id Worldw kids up, and hav it ld o h, r p of pa s as thy s many word a n w o d t wri s lttrs. ng only tho can spll usi

4 Snd your own Flat Stanly on a trip around th glob! Color and dcorat th Flat Stanly blow, cut him out, and snd him to your frinds and family nar and far. sk thm to tak Flat Stanly to thir favorit landmarks and tak picturs to mail back so you can s all of th fun Flat Stanly had.

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6 Whr to? Flat Stanly s nvlop must always b proprly addrssd so that h dosn t gt lost in th mail. n addrss is writtn on 3 lins. Th first lin givs th prson s nam. Th scond lin consists of th strt numbr and nam whr that prson livs, and th third lin is th city, stat, and zip cod. Envlops that ar maild nd to hav th rcipint s addrss in th cntr and th sndr s addrss (th rturn addrss) in th uppr lft cornr. Flat Stanly s frind Calamity Jaspr wants to snd Flat Stanly to you. Calamity Jaspr livs in South Dakota on 123 Rushmor Road in th town of Monumnt, and hr zip cod is To mak sur Flat Stanly arrivs safly, addrss th nvlop blow to you from Calamity Jaspr.

7 In Flat Stanly s Worldwid dvnturs: Th Mount Rushmor Calamity, Flat Stanly visits Mount Rushmor. Mount Rushmor is a national mmorial locatd in South Dakota that faturs th facs of four past Unitd Stats prsidnts. Thir facs ar carvd into th sid of a mountain, and ach had is as tall as a six-story building! Do you know whos facs ar on Mount Rushmor? Draw a lin from ach prsidnt to his nam. Thomas Jffrson braham Lincoln Thodor Roosvlt Gorg Washington Think of four popl you would lik to honor. Thn draw your own Mount Rushmor blow. nswr Ky: (lft to right) Gorg Washington, Thomas Jffrson, Thodor Roosvlt, and braham Lincoln

8 Flat Stanly larns about hiroglyphics whn h travls to Egypt in Flat Stanly s Worldwid dvnturs #2: Th Grat Egyptian Grav Robbry. Hiroglyphics is th ancint Egyptian form of writing that is mad up of ovr 800 symbols that rprsnt both words and lttrs. Hr ar som xampls of ancint Egyptian hiroglyphics that rprsnt a word: [ z b Ey Fir Duck Foot n. Crat your own hiroglyphic languag by dsigning a symbol for ach of th words blow. Girl Boy Library Stormy Sunny Fast Small Volcano Travl World

9 Hlp Flat Stanly void th Snak Thivs! Start Finish

10 Can you find all svn continnts hiding in th word sarch blow? frica ntarctica sia ustralia Europ North mrica South mrica N O R T H M E R I C Z X S B D X E W T Y U W Q U B T W O S X N T R C T I C Y U Z X W E R H J O G D S W R N T R Z W Y H K P O P Q U B K H S R T G H W E N G Y E O I O P E W N V S E T E B N M M U S T R L I T X C W S E S Q R T Y U I V W S R I R I Z M E Y R U T I C W T H I G O R M I H L J T H S T S C F Y R G E Y G S F R I C

11 Evry world travlr knows that a grat way to mak frinds whil visiting a forign country is to say hllo in th nativ languag. Can you hlp Flat Stanly say hllo in ach of ths forign languags? Shalom Marhaba Hola Ni-hao Bonjour Konnichiha Gutn Tag Ciao rabic Spanish Italian Grman Hbrw Chins Frnch Japans nswr Ky: rabic, Marhaba; Spanish, Hola; Italian, Ciao; Hbrw, Shalom; Frnch, Bonjour; Grman, Gutn Tag; Chins, Ni-hao; Japans, Konnichiha

12 E 8F JB E?7 J< I 8 GH ftr ach advntur, Flat Stanly uss his bulltin board to display mmntos from his travls, such as photographs or souvnirs. Dcorat th bulltin board blow with drawings of mmntos from your own travls.