do your dc have penpals overseas?

[ZZZen]

Just curious really. Do your dc write to penpals overseas?

If so, do they write in a foreign language and how did it come about (if not through the class teacher)?

I think its fair to say penpalling is less popular than it was but plenty of people are still into it

My cross stitch magazines always have a page of people keen to write to others, who often live all over the world

I think with the internet its a question of being more careful etc but otherwise Id go for it

ZZZen, I bought this tippen lernen cd-rom , the schreiben part is really for pre school a,b,c learning sort of thing but the typing section is perfect and the little dragon pops up to say well done or try again although ds switches the sound off for that part! Dd likes it.

I take it you have a German keyboard?

Thanks admylin. Didn't know there were cd-roms out to teach typing (but of course there would be!). Didn't really understand what the point of the writing part is. Will investigate!

My 6y DD has a friend in the US who she emails every couple of months. The little girl used to be in DD's class in reception but returned to America part way through Y1. DD is now in Y2. They tell each other their news and share pictures and photos via email.

DD learns touch type as part of her ICT lessons at school, and that is helping her to get faster at typing.

I've started teaching dd to touch type. It does seem to make her more willign to email. How clever of your dc to know how to send photos and things, I am very very old and I still don't know how to do that kind of thing