"A right to choose" - democracy


Ewa Kurzak 2008-05-08


Children Votes Count!
Young children who vote on meaningful issues in a classroom learn to participate in decision making in their society.
Why include voting in your classroom?
Children learn to be responsible for making and abiding by decisions.
Voting can be used for resolving conflicts.
Children begin to understand the idea of the rule of the majority, while learning to consider the rights of the minority. They see that each person's opinion counts.
Voting encourages children to practice verbal skills as they explain their ideas and counting skills as they count votes.

The apple-cake or chips?


The teacher presents components of two meals:
apple-pie and chips.



Time of voting


Children will vote- they will put the button into the hoop. We haven’t got voting paper but two hoop.
Every child receives only one button.


It’s close voting

Resoult



We have a right to vote

Not all children were satisfied from the result voting.
Children tested democratic choices.
Children want to win. They want to have superiority over other people.
They identifies Wit people about similar views.