Kitchen table post office
Set up a post office with stamps, prices, a scale and real letters to real people.
Writing, money and turn taking, all hiding inside a game.
What you need
- Paper and envelopes
- A pencil and small squares of paper for stamps
- Coins from a purse
- Kitchen scales
How to do it
- 1
Design and cut out a sheet of stamps with prices on them.
- 2
Make a price list: light letters cost less, heavy parcels cost more.
- 3
Write a real letter to a grandparent or a neighbour.
- 4
Weigh it, work out the postage and pay with coins.
- 5
Post one real letter together and wait for the reply.
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