At the end of last week, we decided to vote on what item we would bring outside with us the next day. There were three options suggested: bubbles, chalk, parachute. Each child had an opportunity to vote for the choice they wanted and afterwards we counted up how many votes each item received. The clear winner was bubbles! On Friday, the children were very excited to play with bubbles outside. Earlier this week, we planned to go outside again but the children could not agree on what we should take out. We found our old voting chart and folded it to just reveal chalk and a parachute. Each child had a chance to cast their vote between the two. For the children who had previously selected chalk or parachute, they were asked if they wanted to keep their votes the same or change to something else. When all of the votes were added up, chalk won by one vote. The children were happy to have chalk with them outside, drawing pictures and letters by themselves and with each other. After taking a neighborhood walk on Thursday, we had a chance to bring out the parachute on Friday. We value the voices of the children and enjoy finding ways to make sure their thoughts and ideas are heard within our classroom.
