In the iEARN Holiday Card Project, facilitated by Judy Barr in Australia, teachers and students prepare an envelope containing holiday cards and send them using snail mail to the other schools in their group between October and December. Students are invited to make Christmas, New Year’s, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid, or other cards celebrating their special holidays. Students are encouraged to explain how their family and their community celebrates, the type of food that is eaten and other traditions associated with the event. Each school will be placed in a group with approximately seven other schools and will prepare either handmade or purchased cards to send to each of the other schools.
If you are already an iEARN member, sign up for the project on the Holiday Card Project Forum on the Collaboration Centre. Learn more about iEARN membership in the USA here.
Register by October 31st to be matched with a group of partner classes for the 2014 Holiday Card Exchange.
This project involves postal mailings, so participants are encouraged to plan ahead to estimate whether associated costs are within their budget.
