The Monster E-mail Project

The Monster Project is a well-established writing project involving the exchange of e-mails between two classes in different schools. Children design and draw monsters then e-mail descriptions to their partners in the paired class. The partners try to reproduce the monsters from the written descriptions. The results can be compared with the originals using scanners, digital photographs or even conventional 'snail' mail.

This simple idea leads to a variety of opportunities to support the development of Literacy, and can be applied to any age group. There are web sites which offer help with e-mail contacts, but in this project Alison Trelfer set up her own e-mail link between a Reception class in her school and a school in Milton Keynes.