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Tiny Mail Carrier Mission

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Grades K-225-35 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Kids sort pretend parcels and plan delivery routes across a neighborhood map, rerouting around obstacles to get every package delivered. Builds sorting, mapping, and planning skills through a delivery-day story.

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Prep: 11 minActivity: 35 min1 session~$2/groupTable space plus a short supervised observation areaBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather only common or recycled items needed to build a simple map of the neighborhood using a poster board, marking each delivery stop. Place the materials beside a simple recording sheet or blank paper, and prepare the Tiny Mail Carrier Mission challenge in one working area; no digital device is needed.

Activity

  1. Sort a stack of pretend parcels by size, color, or address into delivery groups.
  2. Build a simple map of the neighborhood using a poster board, marking each delivery stop.
  3. Plan a route between stops, discovering the shortest path crosses through a puddle obstacle, and adjust the path around it.
  4. Deliver every parcel to its address along the final route and report on which path was fastest.

Done when: The learner completes Tiny Mail Carrier Mission after carrying out this core test: Plan a route between stops, discovering the shortest path crosses through a puddle obstacle, and adjust the path around it. The learner then uses that result to complete the final task: Deliver every parcel to its address along the final route and report on which path was fastest.

Materials

small envelopes or boxes, address cards, toy wagon, yarn for routes, poster board map

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Steps

  1. Sort a stack of pretend parcels by size, color, or address into delivery groups.
  2. Build a simple map of the neighborhood using a poster board, marking each delivery stop.
  3. Plan a route between stops, discovering the shortest path crosses through a puddle obstacle, and adjust the path around it.
  4. Deliver every parcel to its address along the final route and report on which path was fastest.