Ane of the many subjects my kids cause for homeschool is Handwriting praxis, a class that my husband clearly slept through in his elementary years.  I have to tease him about it all the time.  Simply, then when we'atomic number 75 set out in situations where we'Ra signing documents/checks/whatever, and it takes him 1 second to scrawl his "key out" and me 5 minutes to sign mine…I set about to feel jealous.  "Why can't I write that mucky?  It's not fair!"  I just can't do it.  Nothing in me can bring myself to scribble a bunch of junk and outcry it my name.  But, just THINK about all the time I've spent in my life, if you add information technology up, signing my extendable name…maybe a couple days??  You jazz what I could do with a span days??  Um, how about 10 loads of laundry, 4 dishwasher cycles, 20 dirty diaper changes…I could go happening and on.  Yeah, that's right.  I'm wasting my life with this bully handwriting crap.

So, since misery loves company, why not Edward Teach my kids to have Nice, legible handwriting?  We have a script syllabus that is somewhat water-cooled, I guess.  But, I'm e'er looking for anything that would be to a greater extent fun, thus sequent in less complaints.  Ahhh….don't you love the deep of no complaints??  I savor every here and now of it that I tin acquire.

Encourage Handwriting Practice

While bumming around in my office, I noticed a silly book that I bought a long time ago, when I obviously had more than free time.  It's called "Idiot Letters" by Paul Rosa.  As far as I can tell, you tush only buy it utilised now.  Anyway, I think back reading these hilarious letters that this dude would send to different companies.  He would write the goofiest things, just to see if atomic number 2 could get the company to write out back.   He would keep writing until he got a response.  Often, he would get responses back (or s serious, others humorous) and lots of loos satiate!  The book is a publication of his best letters.  One time he wrote to The Guiness Book of  Humanity Records, telling them that helium had never put up his cat down for a whole year.  He showered with it, Ate with information technology, and held IT away from his body patc it pooped.  Could he gain a world record for that??  He wrote to the Denver Broncos asking if they could possibly look into changing the NFL to ease up football because he was involved about all the injuries.  M&M's got a varsity letter from him interrogative them to change their slogan from "Melts in your utter, non in your hands" to "Melts in your mouth, not in your manpower…if you have any."  Due to the fact that he was in a brutal grizzly bear conduct attack and considered the slogan discriminatory.  Hilarious.

Anyway, remembering that ledger was qualification Maine think how my kiddos would likely love to hear few of the letters, and perhaps be inspired to drop a line a few letters themselves.  We cuddled on the couch patc laughing in concert at Paul Rosa's nonsense.  And then…dah, dah, dah…their assignment came.  They had no idea what they were in for.   I told them that for script practice they had to pick any company they wanted, and write a letter to them.  IT didn't have to Be super long.  It didn't have to personify funny.  But, it DID have to be nice and neat because "what company is going to respond to or even read a letter that is a jam?"  Addition, perhaps…fair maybe…"they mightiness send you something."  That was all they needed to hear!

Caden decided to indite to P&G, the company WHO makes Pringles.

Shane longed-for to write to his favorite Indian solid food eating place, Taste of Bharat (Layton, UT).  I do it, atomic number 2 needs a hair shortened.  It's connected my list.

Meantime, I got along the cyberspace and found their addresses…bad simple.  Their letters were adorable!  Ensure 'pica out:

Caden's…

Sincere P&G,

My name is Caden.  I am nine years old.  And I love your pringles.  My favorites are sour cream & onion, original, and cheedar Malva sylvestris.  one time my dad and his friend were out sportfishing when my Dad's Pappa said they could eat on anything they wanted.  and they went narrow for the pringles.  and they ate then many they barfed.

P.S. do you have any affair you could send me if indeed here is my address…(cover)

Thanks,

Caden

And, Shanes…

Dear tast of indeia,

i am Shane.  i am 7.  i rily like your food my whole familey liks information technology you are the top-quality my dad ditint go yet maybe coud you send us a coupan.  haer is my address…(speech)

Shane

How could you resist that cuteness??  I'm to the full expecting free Pringles and Indian food, for life.  I may have to convince them to write few letters on my behalf (…J.Crew, Olive Garden, Nikon, Zappos…).

Anyway, maybe they testament get a reaction, maybe they won't.  But, they're aflutter to write more missive, hoping to up their chances.  And, that's fine with Maine.  Write, write, write.

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