I Voted Today!

There was a lot going on when students came to school on Election Day.  Since our school was a polling place the students noticed quickly that this was not a typical day.    We peeked in through the gym windows and saw the voters casting their ballots.  

Then we casted our votes.  Yes, our 3 year olds voted on Election Day!  Not for Romney or Obama.  The students voted for Farmer Brown  or Duck after listening to the story Duck for President by Doreen Cronin.  In the story, Duck gets tired of doing his daily chores on the farm and decides to hold and election to replace the man in charge, Farmer Brown.    When he wins the election, Duck quickly realizes that running a farm requires too much hard work, and sets out to run for governor and then eventually ends up running the country. 

Our former "Haunted House" was revamped into a polling place and the students took turns going in one by one (because voting is private) and voted for either Farmer Brown or for Duck.  It was a close race, but in room 101 Duck won!