Halloween took all of our love and affection for a good portion of October, which I adored! BUT now that it is over, we have had a chance to leave our candy brains behind and give attention to another topic.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!
Let me tell you, this has been SO fun! This is the first time these littles are probably going to remember an election. A few weekends back a 2nd grade teacher friend and I were at a relaxing cabin weekend and decided to make an election unit. So here goes...
We have been using our Time for Kids to learn about the candidates. And we watched a video from Scholastic with small bios about them. We learned about their birthday, family, favorite foods, and sports. All the important stuff :) Then the kiddos filled out one of these papers to show me what they learned and I was a happy little teacher to say the least!
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| I love the drawings here! |
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| "Love you" for both--too sweet |
You can get a FREE download of this candidate paper HERE!
Our school did an early mock vote using an online site so we needed to learn about the candidates quickly. Once we finished that, we began to discuss what they would do if they became president. They wrote a little something and then created these ADORABLE signs that were inspired by THIS!!!
Ok, I am off to enjoy my weekend!
What a great post! Duck for President is a great book to read this time of the year. =)
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Heather! I love Duck for President!!! Thank you so much for following me. You are too sweet. I went over to your blog and LOVE it. In fact, I started following it and am going to add you to my teachers' lounge!!! :)
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