Penpal

Penpals come in all ages, nationalities and cultures. Write to people in Germany, Hawaii, Australia, England, or Japan. Anywhere you can exchange letters in any language you can write. With a little researching you can even find a penpal at the [north pole]?.

There's more to writing letters than good grammar and punctuation. Writing is a great way to practice your grammar and punctuation but more important is the letter itself. At first you may think you have nothing interesting to write about. So, make a list of things you like to do, your hobbies, what you especially like about school, who your friends are, your brothers and sisters, pets, places you have been, your routine, favourite websites, things that you like and things that make you angry. From this list you have an endless supply of things to write about. Also, you can ask questions about your penpal's routine, their life and family.

Finding penpals is not too hard. You can choose to have penpals or keypals. Keypals write through email and penpals write through the regular old mail. Keypals have the advantage of not needing stamp?s. Penpals have the advantage of being an actual letter, it's nice to have something just for you in the mailbox. Also, you can trade postcard?s, stamps and anything else light and flat enough to fit inside and envelope. I always enjoyed having nice stationary to write with too. Sometimes I would find pens with different coloured inks. You can't do that with keypals unless they can get HTML email ok, and not everyone can.

Look for penpal clubs on the Internet. There are clubs for keypals, penpals and both. You might have your parents check for the best places for kids to find penpals. Adults and teenagers are sometimes looking for romantic penpals and not just fun friends. So its a good idea to be sure you are looking in the right place for you. Once you find a good club choose a country you would like to know more about. Maybe you don't prefer a country but are happy to write to other people in your own area. When you choose your penpal or penpals keep a copy of their address and write down any other information available about their interests.

Penpals also make and pass around friendship books. Those are small booklets made by stapling together cut up paper into a booklet. They are decorated and the person who starts the book writes their name and address as the first person sending the book. Most people hope to see the book again once its full so they add their return address to the back cover of the book too. Friendship books are fun, you can see where they have been in a trail back to the original sender. If you get one try to pass it on as soon as you can. If you want to make one remember to keep it light, too many pages will cost more in stamps to send for yourself and everyone else.

There are all kinds of things you can do with letter writing. You are only limited by your own imagination and the envelope you mail your letter in.