Pen pals elementary school

Finding and cultivating a pen pal friendship for your child can be a wonderful experience! Looking for ideas? The Pen Pal Printable Pack includes ideas on what to write about as well as fun cards to fill out, color and mail to your new pen pal. :)

Classroom pen pals offer authentic and meaningful friendly letter writing opportunities. Read up on related cross-curricular and technology connections.

The Sprinkle Topped Teacher on Instagram: “The best gift I ever received from my teacher was her address. 💌 • My first grade teacher and I became pen pals the summer before second…”

If you have never done pen pals before, I strongly suggest it! The excitement the students get when they see a letter came just for them, priceless. It turns teaching writing into having fun! This…

Cultivating a postive classroom community is such an important part of teaching, and I've learned that little things go a long way. The Best Part of Me writing activity is a great community builder!

Pen pals are a fun way for kids to practice writing skills. My kids have had a couple over the years and it is something they always enjoyed. It’s something I enjoyed as a kid, too. I remember one in particular that I traded a few letters with that lived in Spain. How to Find…

Hi Friends! Today is Cinco de Mayo AND Taco Tuesday! So what better day to share my newest creation—a fun Taco Pen Pal Letter for kids! I know we are all missing our family and friends these days and our kids are no different. I wanted to create this pen pal letter for kids (and

Create a Pen Pal Kit for Kids using Dollar Tree cards and supplies. This will make it easy for kids to keep in touch with their cousins from out of state.

Summer Pen Pals, great way to get students to write and keep in touch over the summer.