Learning about the Post Office

We had an incredible time at our educational playgroup yesterday. It was especially fun because Granddad got to come with us. We met at Mrs. Julie's parents' house where we learned about the post office. Mrs. Julie talked to us about the post office amd she explained how the address on the package tells the postal worker where to send the package. Everyone got to stamp some packages and sort them at the post office.

The children used toy shopping carts or wagons to collect a load of mail from the post office.

Then it was time to deliver the mail. Along the driveway, Mrs. Julie had set up "houses" where various stuffed animals lived. There was Elmo's house, the Frog family, Mr. Cat, Mr. Dog, the Pig family, and the Ballet Dancer's house. Each package had a sticker on it to help the children recognize which house to deliver the package to. Then they walked up and down the driveway delivering the mail to the appropriate house.






They did a great job and we all had so much fun. When the mail was all delivered and the post office was empty, the children went back to the houses to pick up the "outgoing mail" and bring it back to the post office. Even Granddad helped to pick up some of the outgoing mail to keep the post office full.

Oh, they had so much fun and they kept the process going on and on and on.

After the work was done, Mrs. Julie had all the children sit on a blanket under the trees. She gave them brown bag lunches and they ate while she read the section of "Busy, Busy Town" by Richard Scarry that describes post offices.




After playgroup, we went to Fish City Grill for a great lunch. Nicholas enjoyed coloring with all the crayons at once.



Granddad is so good with Nicholas. He plays super hero games with him, tickles him, and acts like a 3 year old right along side him.

When we got home, Nicholas was excited to check our mail and load it into his "mail cart". After our busy morning, Nicholas and Granddad snuggled up and took a nap together.