Thursday, November 6, 2008

Teaching how to vote at an early age ...


Our grandson, RJ, 5, attends Keswick Christian School here in St. Pete. He is in kindergarten and his teacher decided to give them a hands-on lesson on voting -- procedures, why we vote, etc. Evidently prior to their ballot, the teacher had read a story to them and they had to circle "yes" or "no" to a question. One little boy had obviously been listening to his parents about the real election and asked, "Can I circle John McCain"?

The teacher tallied the votes at the end of voting. Shonna said there were four "no's" and the rest were "yes's". Those that voted "no" were quite excited when their vote was read -- "That's me!" I'm not sure what the question or the story was about but it seemed to be a great learning experience on an important election day!

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