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Montessori-Inspired Election Unit

November 5, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 12 Comments

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.

Montessori-Inspired Election Unit

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 Presidents' Day Activities and Resources

Montessori-Inspired President’s Day Activities and Resources

Montessori-Inspired President's Day Activities Using Free Printables

Free Presidents’ Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired Presidents’ Day Activities

Free President Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time

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.)

Montessori U.S. President Printables for Preschool Through ElementaryUpdate: Montessori U.S. President Printables for Preschool Through Elementary

Montessori U.S. Government and Constitution Printables for Preschool Through ElementaryUpdate: 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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Filed Under: Activities - Cultural, Activity of the Week, Montessori Monday, Unit Studies Tagged With: election unit, government activities, homeschool, Montessori, Montessori-Inspired Election Unit, Presidential election, unit study

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  1. Maro s kindergarten crafts says

    November 5, 2012 at 4:55 am

    Have a nice week full with great links!

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    • Deb says

      November 6, 2012 at 7:49 am

      Thanks so much, Maro! I hope you have a nice week, too! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Martianne says

    November 5, 2012 at 5:14 am

    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

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    • Deb says

      November 6, 2012 at 7:50 am

      Thanks, Martianne! I appreciate your sharing that link … it looks wonderful! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Amber says

    November 5, 2012 at 7:20 am

    I love this! Buga is still far to young for this, but I am definitely saving for when he gets older. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Deb says

      November 6, 2012 at 7:49 am

      Thanks, Amber! I appreciate your kind comment. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Discovering Montessori says

    November 5, 2012 at 7:32 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Deb says

      November 6, 2012 at 7:52 am

      Thanks so much for your congratulations and kind words! It was my pleasure to link to your awesome election activities! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Julie says

    November 5, 2012 at 9:29 am

    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.

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    • Deb says

      November 6, 2012 at 7:52 am

      Thanks, Julie! I hope you have fun with the election! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Airamty says

    November 6, 2012 at 9:53 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      November 13, 2012 at 6:00 pm

      Thanks, Airamty! You did an amazing job with your election unit! And thanks so much for the congratulations. 🙂

      Reply

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