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Show TRAVEL Sunday. The Salt Lake Tribune January 28, 1996 Third-Graders Await News From Stuffed Pals on Road By Hawaii Is More Than Spectacular Shore James T. Y enc kel WASHING the nicall iau WASHINGTON — bunchof I stuffed animals recently set off to see the world. I know. because | was there to wish them a bon voy Therewerebig teddy bears. | H bears and b: 1 green dragons and a plump arfield the Cat. They all had at least one thing in common: Each sported a small, colorful, r x ft mi n't th an Sul 40. I 1 | ‘ t rom 1 c hu ) proba f Dudley Mi he \ 1 Elizabeth Booker, Brant Jeffers draft letters to be sent away in stuffed cine like the one Elizabeth holds. Class uses the “Travelmates” to collect reports on communities, cultures animals (new and not so new) sat clustered ona table awaiting their departure. Inthis place of honor they mademethink of atoy store ryland, f mut it students welcomed their visitors ack a bo: es ira tie eee tene Another < al I told them about carry water taffy. bursting with goodies forthe holi- days. Andtheir bon-voy with music and home. ies and cakes, certainly was fes. posed for photographs at the fel Tower in Paris Each student keeps a folder tive which contains a journal and a of the 60 students in the two third map to note his or her animal's travels. Each animal hadasponsor, one gradeclasses at Woodburn Ele. mentary School in Fairfax Coun As a class project. the youngsters in the next few days would handtheir animals, called ‘Travelmates,” to a friend who was about to travel. And then the friend would pass the animal along to someoneelse the animals would I was invited to speak a t the send-off party about tra writing. because the third are expected to write about their Travelmate’s ac iven tures when it returns I wanted to leave the stuc dents with two mess: —that tra velis fun. and that it is a wonderft il of portunity to learn about the travel fromplaceto place until April. whenit is time for them to world We all read be returned to the school. Every one who hosts the traveler, if only at ut the s hort i comings of our pu Woodburn | und briefly, is asked to jot down a few Atle ntive ach words in its diary. Each Travel mate wears a chain with its name or andthe school’s address This is the second year Wood burn’s two third-grade teachers Susan Ortiz and Maggie Champi on, have organized the project as a way to enhance social-studies lessons. The students, all around 8 years old, learn about different commu nities and cultures as well as ge ographyas they track their Tra supportive par of whom had madeethe ate backpacks At school the youngs ters marched into the auditoriur yand sat on the floor in a semic ircle around the table on which their Travelmates awaited In the background, their par ents were treated to chairs The backpack like t do, and keepin Travelmates ary as I tray world ‘led around the I got lots of replies asked. “Why do people trave said one stu said a hesitant sed her hand To visit people dent ir] nly to shoulder height “But ! beamed learning can be a lot ar 's ago. I told five-day t rail ride heaped hig I tried to slip the bit between hi teeth. But our guide a tall cow boy, showed me how to stick my fist in the horse s mouth to pry it open. I demo my fist in my open. My trated by putting ov au aw and prying ce stuffed animals were returned on time — that the teachers decided to do it again One stuffed animal last year made it all the way to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. where it visited an elementary-school class. The i . seemed to find this very funny After my talk, the teachers handed out t Pravelmates one Already. some mates have of turn, the famous monuments. AnotherTravelmate got only as CULTURAL FOLK TOURSINT’ & BORA BAtlashf CALL oe WRITE 414 Call 288-1100 373-7783 or 1-800-603-7783 2260 NO. PROVO, UT 84604 SILVI ‘ paity $9.00 ad them on the is ui 1 scial Feb 6 $18 One of the Sat. $23 $9 CB its wa it Virginia in reported th lle. and carrying Car 1 that friendly student } backpack Travel is fun, 1 ny audience. And I think their buddies are in for a roll good time a a ni your litt 7 TY: Mesa Temple, California Circle SanFrancisco, Calgary rand anyon A (Gare CN Lad) eld TOLLPREP4'860-631% Tae LIMITED TIME OFFER! 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