Postal Museum

In preschool, this rotation, they have been learning about different careers. Kyle says he wants to be a Monster Truck Driver!  Today we went on a field trip to the Post Office Museum.  Kyle LOVED it!

They started by gathering the kids and going over the parts of an envelope such as where the stamp goes, what you write in the middle, and in the upper corner, the mark that is placed over a stamp so it can't be reused, and what the postmark means. They then read a story about a cow that liked to scare the postman. At that point they had various stations set up for the kids to participate in.

 They could dig through a treasure chest filled with THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of stamps and pick out as many as they wanted to, to take home and start their own collection. The each received a stamp collecting book as well.

Carter was definitely a fan of this!

 They could make their own postcard. They decorated the front, addressed it, wrote a message, and added a stamp. Then they walked to the post office part of the building, and cancelled the stamp (by stamping the stamp), and mailed the card. Here is Kyle working hard on his postcard for his cousin.

 They also made bookmarks decorated with stamps. Kyle wanted an all dinosaur bookmark. So the INCREDIBLY nice woman took him over to the archive area of the building, where they cross reference all of the stamps by style and picture, and pulled the "Dinosaur Stamp" file, and let him pick out the EXACT ones he wanted. Here is Carter cheesing it up for the camera.

And his completed work of art!



 As part of the building they also had a 100 year old post office from a small town in Arizona. They showed the kids the process of getting the mail, sorting it, stamping it and delivering it 100 years ago. They also got to try on a Post Masters hat which Kyle was thrilled about...Carter was not amused.

It was such a fun field trip!! I love finding a little hidden gem in Tucson!