election excitement
Annette Naake
Hi all,
Did anyone else enjoy talking about the elections with their children? We
all trooped down to the polls to vote and then stayed up late to watch the
returns... ds, 7, sitting on the couch with his fingers, toes, legs and eyes
crossed for our man! (We still don't know if it worked.) I think he's
learned so much from our discussions of how the elections work, and how
other countries are governed, and how our government works, and so on. And
recently, at every corner we were met by students and others with signs and
fliers for their particular candidate, and we were able to discuss the
differences. It's been exciting for us as we strive to raise a new
generation of political junkies.
If anyone remembers me, I'm still here, but I've been lurking as I have a
new fulltime job (sigh) and dh is taking over most of the daytime
responsibilities at home. But I've followed all discussions with interest as
always.
Annette
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Did anyone else enjoy talking about the elections with their children? We
all trooped down to the polls to vote and then stayed up late to watch the
returns... ds, 7, sitting on the couch with his fingers, toes, legs and eyes
crossed for our man! (We still don't know if it worked.) I think he's
learned so much from our discussions of how the elections work, and how
other countries are governed, and how our government works, and so on. And
recently, at every corner we were met by students and others with signs and
fliers for their particular candidate, and we were able to discuss the
differences. It's been exciting for us as we strive to raise a new
generation of political junkies.
If anyone remembers me, I'm still here, but I've been lurking as I have a
new fulltime job (sigh) and dh is taking over most of the daytime
responsibilities at home. But I've followed all discussions with interest as
always.
Annette
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In a message dated 11/09/2000 4:00:57 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
naake1999@... writes:
<< Did anyone else enjoy talking about the elections with their children? We
all trooped down to the polls to vote and then stayed up late to watch the
returns... ds, 7, sitting on the couch with his fingers, toes, legs and eyes
crossed for our man! (We still don't know if it worked.) >>
Thoroughly!
Tell your son to stay crossed!!! :)
Nance
naake1999@... writes:
<< Did anyone else enjoy talking about the elections with their children? We
all trooped down to the polls to vote and then stayed up late to watch the
returns... ds, 7, sitting on the couch with his fingers, toes, legs and eyes
crossed for our man! (We still don't know if it worked.) >>
Thoroughly!
Tell your son to stay crossed!!! :)
Nance
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My dd (7) has been fascinated! Someone taught us an "electoral college"
game. You write each state's name and # of electoral votes on a slip of
paper. Take turns drawing a state, find it on the map, and tally the
points to see who wins. (math, geography, social studies). Today we
found a map of which presidential candidate won which state (on cnn.com)
and played the game again - awarding the states according to who really
won it.
Another game she likes is quizzing mom and dad on the state capitols.
She reads the state and mom and dad race to see who can name the capital
first. Boy, are we rusty - she had to give us LOTS of hints!
Mary Ellen
La Leche League International Conference
July 7-10, 2001, Chicago
www.lalecheleague.org.
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game. You write each state's name and # of electoral votes on a slip of
paper. Take turns drawing a state, find it on the map, and tally the
points to see who wins. (math, geography, social studies). Today we
found a map of which presidential candidate won which state (on cnn.com)
and played the game again - awarding the states according to who really
won it.
Another game she likes is quizzing mom and dad on the state capitols.
She reads the state and mom and dad race to see who can name the capital
first. Boy, are we rusty - she had to give us LOTS of hints!
Mary Ellen
La Leche League International Conference
July 7-10, 2001, Chicago
www.lalecheleague.org.
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On Tuesday evening we had one of those magical family experiences that
make it all seem worthwhile. Lately my husband and I have gone off to vote
with only our youngest who still thinks it's interesting. This time around,
Michael, age 15. caught election fever and was very worked up by the time his
father and older sister got home from work. Jenny, age 19, was about to vote
for the first time but was not too sure about it. I asked her if she would
consider having her brother's help. She said she'd been thinking about asking
him. We then prepared by discussing with the kids the decisions we'd made
about candidates and propositions. They decided they agreed with us and we
wrote it all down for them. Then off we went, all five of us. We filled three
booths: the teenagers in one, Dad and younger sister (11) in another and me
by myself. Needless to say the ladies working there were very impressed and
my husband and I felt very happy. Now, of course, we're on pins and needles
with the rest of the country. It's interesting that Michael had asked his dad
to explain the electoral college to him in detail about a week before. This
led to the two of them cracking endless stupid jokes about the "electrical"
college:>) -Amalia-
make it all seem worthwhile. Lately my husband and I have gone off to vote
with only our youngest who still thinks it's interesting. This time around,
Michael, age 15. caught election fever and was very worked up by the time his
father and older sister got home from work. Jenny, age 19, was about to vote
for the first time but was not too sure about it. I asked her if she would
consider having her brother's help. She said she'd been thinking about asking
him. We then prepared by discussing with the kids the decisions we'd made
about candidates and propositions. They decided they agreed with us and we
wrote it all down for them. Then off we went, all five of us. We filled three
booths: the teenagers in one, Dad and younger sister (11) in another and me
by myself. Needless to say the ladies working there were very impressed and
my husband and I felt very happy. Now, of course, we're on pins and needles
with the rest of the country. It's interesting that Michael had asked his dad
to explain the electoral college to him in detail about a week before. This
led to the two of them cracking endless stupid jokes about the "electrical"
college:>) -Amalia-