Hi Kids!!!
Welcome to the first grade!
My name is Flat Stanley. Have you read the book about me? I am flat so people can send me in envelopes and suitcases all over the world. I love to travel and I want to tell you all about the new places I go and the people that I meet this year!
Right now I am with my friend Dr. Appelgren. She is Mrs. North's daughter. Do you know Mrs. North? She is my friend too!
Dr. Appelgren put me in her suitcase and took me to a country called Kyrgyzstan! Kyrgyzstan is a small country, but it is near some big countries that you might have heard of. Can you find Kyrgyzstan on a map?
I like to take pictures when I am travelling. Would you like to see my pictures?
I have learned that most people in Kyrgyzstan live in houses and apartments just like people in Rock Hill. But, some people live in a special kind of house called a yurt. Families who have a lot of animals need to bring their animals to the countryside in the summer so that the animals can eat a lot of grass. But, their houses are far away so they need a place to live. They bring all the things with them to make their yurt, which is a temporary home. It gets very cold in the winter, so when it starts to snow they will take their yurt apart and go back to their regular house with their animals.
Can you see kids in the picture who live in a yurt? How do you think their days are different from yours? Do you see the animals? What kinds of animals do you see?
It used to be that many people in Kyrgyzstan lived in yurts and they had to move around a lot. Have you seen their flag? Here is a picture of it that I took in the capital city of Kyrgystan, Bishkek:
The design in the middle of the flag is the same pattern that you would see if you stood in the middle of the yurt and looked up. So yurts are very important to this country.
Do you know what the capital city of the United States is? Do you know what the things on our flag mean to our country?
I am having a great time meeting new people and learning about Kyrgyzstan. I will tell you more soon!
Your friend,
Flat Stanley
Welcome to the first grade!
My name is Flat Stanley. Have you read the book about me? I am flat so people can send me in envelopes and suitcases all over the world. I love to travel and I want to tell you all about the new places I go and the people that I meet this year!
Right now I am with my friend Dr. Appelgren. She is Mrs. North's daughter. Do you know Mrs. North? She is my friend too!
Dr. Appelgren put me in her suitcase and took me to a country called Kyrgyzstan! Kyrgyzstan is a small country, but it is near some big countries that you might have heard of. Can you find Kyrgyzstan on a map?
I like to take pictures when I am travelling. Would you like to see my pictures?
Can you see kids in the picture who live in a yurt? How do you think their days are different from yours? Do you see the animals? What kinds of animals do you see?
It used to be that many people in Kyrgyzstan lived in yurts and they had to move around a lot. Have you seen their flag? Here is a picture of it that I took in the capital city of Kyrgystan, Bishkek:
Do you know what the capital city of the United States is? Do you know what the things on our flag mean to our country?
I am having a great time meeting new people and learning about Kyrgyzstan. I will tell you more soon!
Your friend,
Flat Stanley
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