As our world is transitioning to texting, emailing, Facebooking, Tweeting, and all ways virtual to communicate an art is being lost. Children learn to use a keyboard before learning to hold a pencil. Etiquette is slowly being redefined in a high tech world. We all find this convenient and fast yet in the midst written communication is losing ground. Most would agree the loss of sweet thoughts written on beautiful stationery is a shame. One company is making handwriting something to smile about again. Specifically made for children, Smilegram Paper, makes stationery any child would put down a keyboard and run for a pencil to write on.
As an etiquette teacher by trade, I can tell you that certain tasks cannot replace a handwritten note. The most notable is the thank you note. Thank You notes are to be heartfelt and handwritten to comply with proper etiquette. While that may sound stuffy and unnecessary, think of the last time you received a thank you note. Did you appreciate the time and care it took for a person to write it out on beautiful stationery or a card? A mass thank you note is not personal and lacks the true heart of what gratitude is about. Isn’t that what this world is missing? Gratitude. Teach your child this gift by taking the extra time to reflect on the person who gave the gift with pen in hand.
My six year old loves Smilegram Paper. She was so excited to see her lovely stationery that this reluctant writer darted off to find her favorite pencil. When she writes on Smilegram Paper she is neat and purposeful. In fact, using Smilegram Paper is a treat for doing well in handwriting or reading. She is endlessly thinking of people to write to and thank. This is blessing others through a little bit of effort on her part to make it personal. Smilegram Paper is filled with smiles from the writer to the recipient.
Smilegram Paper has stationery provides a variety of fun styles that will appeal to boys and girls. The personalized stationery comes with 12 sheets of 70 lbs. stock paper with a soft matte finish and envelopes for $9.99. As suggested you can personalize your stationery and pick a font for the name for $2.00 more. Writing tablets come in the same adorable designs on the same quality paper except there are 15 sheets and the paper is 11 x 8 1/2 as opposed to the 7 x 10 size of the stationery or $8.99. Gift sets come with a writing tablet and a set of stationery for $17.99.
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