With many children hearing their parents talk about the presidential elections at home, we thought it would be a good idea for us to help the children understand what voting means and why it's so important.
In conjunction with this weeks Torah portion Lech Lecha;
We talked about fairness, how to problem solve, and how voting can help us make decisions.
Mendel traced the route Avram traveled on wax paper.
Making sheep puppets to act out the story.
So he gave Lot the choice, do you want to travel left, and I will go right.
Or do you prefer to move to the right and I will go left?
That way Lot would have a choice, and not feel insulted.
In America, when Mommies and Daddies vote, they vote for who gets to make decisions for our country- the President.
Getting our Poll Center ready.
Mina acted as the poll worker and showed her friends how to register to vote.
Voting is done in private, and you don't need to tell anyone who you voted for.
Once you've chosen the option on your ballot, it goes into the ballot box.
Counting up our ballots was an exciting process. The children were able to experience the excitement that adults feel on Election night!
Even when the book some kids wanted wasn't chosen, nobody protested, because they felt it was fair.
We noticed the colors red, white and blue a lot in our voting center.
Those are the colors of the American flag! The stars show how many states there are in America.
We painted the American flag. Some friends chose to use a paintbrush, while others enjoyed the sensory experience with their fingers.
Election Fine Motor and Numbers
Batya finds words to write from "Curious George Goes to Vote"
In this weeks Parsha, Avram and Sarai became the first Jewish people!
Hashem promised them their descendants would be like the stars in the sky!
Moshe and Yanky sort the Aleph Beis stars.
Creating textured water color stars.
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