Election time is both exciting and important … and preschoolers on up can participate in some of the excitement. This would be a great time for a United States election unit study, or you could just add an election book, activity, or mini unit this week to make the interest around a presidential or other election into a learning experience.
There aren’t a lot of Montessori-inspired election units available online. There are a number of Montessori-inspired activities you can do, though, and there are some awesome unit studies on my Pinterest board that would work very well in a Montessori-inspired unit. Following are some Montessori-inspired election activities and my Kids’ Government Activities Pinterest board.
Montessori-Inspired Election Activities
If it’s a presidential election year, many of the Presidents’ Day activities will be perfect. I have a number of Presidents’ Day posts here:
Montessori-Inspired Activities Teaching about Money and Presidents
Montessori-Inspired President’s Day Activities and Resources
Free Presidents’ Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired Presidents’ Day Activities
Free President Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time (Music is important in any classroom or homeschool, and many of these songs are perfect for an election unit during a presidential election year.)
Update: Montessori U.S. President Printables for Preschool Through Elementary
Update: Montessori U.S. Government and Printables for Preschool Through Elementary
Election Unit, Timeline of the Election Process, American Symbols, Election Facts, Mock Election, and Videos of Debate Highlights from We Don’t Need No Education
“Montessori School Students Vote in Mock Elections” – YouTube video
Update: Free (Nonpartisan) 2024 U. S. Presidential Election Lap Book from The Research Parent
Kids’ Government Activities Pinterest Board
Follow Deb @ Living Montessori Now’s board Kids’ Government Activities on Pinterest.
I have a Kids’ Government Activities Pinterest Board with election activities and unit studies for a number of ages.
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Have a nice week full with great links!
Thanks so much, Maro! I hope you have a nice week, too! 🙂
Oh, wonderful! I will certainly be checking some of these out, as my children are very into the election.
Related, if interested, fellow Christians/Catholics can find a wonderful prayer for our nation and video about subsidiarity at my blog at http://traininghappyhearts.blogspot.com/2012/11/get-out-and-vote-take-kids-and-remember.html
Thanks, Martianne! I appreciate your sharing that link … it looks wonderful! 🙂
I love this! Buga is still far to young for this, but I am definitely saving for when he gets older. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Amber! I appreciate your kind comment. 🙂
Congratulations on your nomination!! Thank you so much for linking to us, we are having so much fun learning about the elections. I will be checking out the other activities and of course your pinterest board you have included in this post. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks so much for your congratulations and kind words! It was my pleasure to link to your awesome election activities! 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing these ideas with the Afterschool Linkup! My kids are home from school tomorrow so we may be doing some of these things.
Thanks, Julie! I hope you have fun with the election! 🙂
Thanks Deb for this great post. It was very helpful after I had to prepare a last minute election unit for Pinky. She got home really excited and willing to learn more about the elections. Also, congratulation for you nomination!
Thanks, Airamty! You did an amazing job with your election unit! And thanks so much for the congratulations. 🙂