There is a reason why the US Postal Service does not employ pre-schoolers.  And yet, we teachers keep trying to use their services as a reliable way to transfer papers between home and school.  We rummage through the 12 pockets in their backpacks, trying to find the book order they thought they brought, and we go through 45 boxes of safety pins, attaching notes on their shirts so that (hopefully) one of their parents will spot it before it’s ripped off, rolled up, and used as a telescope!

I like to do a lot of communicatin via email these days, but sometimes you have to send a paper note.  Book orders, last minute reminders, and home activities often need attention.  I might even send a note to remind parents that they need to watch for the newsletter and lesson plan via email.  (Sounds crazy, but trust me, in the long run it saves paper.)  So how can we help out our little mail carriers?

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