However, hypnagogia is also regularly employed in a more general sense that covers both falling asleep and waking up. The word hypnagogia is sometimes used in a restricted sense to refer to the onset of sleep, and contrasted with hypnopompia, Frederic Myers's term for waking up. The latter two phenomena are themselves separate sleep conditions that are sometimes experienced during the hypnagogic state. Mental phenomena that may occur during this 'threshold consciousness' phase include hypnagogic hallucinations, exploding head syndrome, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis. Its opposite state is described as hypnopompic -the transitional state from sleep into wakefulness. Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep: the hypnagogic state of consciousness, during the onset of sleep. If he visits Hawaii, he could come back with a lei.'Waking dream' redirects here.

If they live in Massachusetts, they could send a Red Sox hat. SouvenirsĪdditionally, they could send some souvenirs back with Flat Stanley! They could choose a magnet or pencil that represents their state. After the photos are placed on the page, they could add some additional facts about the areas Stanley visited. If they wanted to take the photos a step farther, they could create a small scrapbook of Flat Stanley’s adventures.

They can be printed out at home or at a local photo printer (CVS or Walmart).

Students love visuals! Have recipients bring Flat Stanley to popular places in their state and take photos. They can write about where they live, what the weather is like, special places to visit in their state, or fun things to do in the area. One way to give students information about Flat Stanley’s location is to write a letter or create a simple fact sheet.

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