VOTING!

Fitness Monopoly




We had a guest reader this week! Thankyou!

The Fire Station

We had a great November week of "fitness monopoly" with Darcy, a field trip to the Fire Station, and our big story this week, which was voting.

The children were very serious in their responsibility to practice vote for a candidate for president, and we discussed our options, filled out our ballots, and walked to James' room to deposit our ballots in the ballot box one by one. Their was a line at the polling booth, but the children waited patiently for their turn. When their vote was deposited, James said to them "Congratulations, you are a voter." Being a voter engendered a lot of discussion about being a good citizen of the classroom, responsibility, rights, and respect for other's choices.

We painted with purple and printed purple vegetables and were introduced to "legends" and a few songs about the Harvest and saying Thankyou to the Earth. The children are making shakers with egg cartons that will be very fancy when they are done.

We wrote a book about our Fire Station trip, and by popular vote the trucks were the "favorite part".

Until Next Time,

Michele