ECD 237 Preschool Learning Plan #1

Name: Adrienne Tullos

Activity Name: Lets Vote!

Age of Child(ren): 3 years old

Setting: Small group

Developmental Focus: Cognitive

Key Content Focus: Social Studies: Community

Key Content Area Concepts:

Practicing the electoral process for a variety of subjects.
Learn about the large concepts of voting: everyone has a choice, its private,
and the person/thing with the most votes wins the election.

Key Content Area Skills:

Make a personal choice on a pretend-ballot
Place ballots in a private voting box to represent the real-life experience of
voting
Participate in discussion about the voting process

Integrated Content Focus: Math: Number and Operations

Integrated Content Area Concepts:

Counting
One-to-one correspondence
Comparing and ordering

Integrated Content Area Skills:

Count how many votes each ballot selection received
Compare the outcomes for each election: which object had the most votes,
least votes, or was there a tie?

Learning Outcomes:
The child will participate in a mock election by choosing a candidate, placing a
vote determined by their personal interests, and discuss the outcomes.

Standards:
SC ELS: M-3K-2.1: Show curiosity and interest in counting and number
SC ELS: M-3K-2.2: Show one-to-one correspondence through three when
counting real objects
Other standards: 6.1 YT.D: Make simple choices (PA)

Materials to collect/prepare:
One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote by Bonnie Worth
Tissue box
Construction paper
 Scissors
Related clip art images
Tape
File folders
Mock set of ballots
Sticker paper (I Voted stickers)
Writing utensils

Transition/warm up/introduction:
I will begin this small group lesson by asking the children what they already
know about the voting process. After hearing what the children may or may not
already know, I will read One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote to introduce them to
the process, why we vote, and what we vote on.

Adult Procedures:
1. The adult will prepare the childrens private voting booths, and hand on to
each child.
2. The adult will randomly choose a set of ballots and explain to the children
what they will be voting on. There are picture cues on each ballot, but the adult
will also read the childrens choices to them.
3. The adult will explain the childrens choices are private, but if they would like
to share about what they chose and why afterwards, theyre more than welcome
to.
4. The adult will allow each child to complete their votes, and place all their
ballots into the private voting box.
5. The adult will pull out the ballots and ask the children to count with her how
many each choice, for each election, got.
6. The adult will ask what animal/object won the vote, what had the least amount
of votes, how many more did ____ have than _____, and discuss a tie if one had
occurred.
7. The adult will continue to provide different ballots for the children and repeat
the voting process.

Child Procedures:
1. First, the child will receive their personal voting booth from the adult.
2. Next, the child will listen to the adult about what they are voting on, and then
receive a ballot.
3. Then, the child will decide if they will be sharing their votes with the other
children after its casted.
4. Then, the child will take a ballot, vote for their favorite option, and place the
ballot into the voting box.
5. Next, the child will count with the adult how many votes each choice received.
6. Then, the child will determine which choice won, which choice had the least
number of votes, if there was a tie, and the difference in number for the choices.
7. Finally, the child will continue doing this for several different elections and
repeat steps 4-6.

Conversation to Support Learning/Talking with Children:

Tell me about how you decided your choice for each vote.
What would happen if you had more choices to choose from?
How would you vote if you did not like any of the choices?
Tell me about why you decided to tell us/not tell us what you voted for.
 Why do you the outcome was different for each ballot?

Observations and Assessment:

I will know the child successfully completed the mock election if they fully
participated in the act of voting (6.1 YT.D), counted aloud with the group (M-3K-2.1
& MK-3K-2.2), and shared their thoughts or feelings about the election process.

Accommodations for individuals:

Scaffolding down:
To scaffold the mock election down, the adult could ask the children what they
would like to vote for, and keep a tally of everyones for them, instead of each
child having their own ballot.

Scaffolding up:
To make this mock election more challenging, you could present more choices
for the child, and even have a section at the bottom where they can submit a
choice that may not be listed.

Resources:

Mock Election Activity [PDF]. (2016, March). A Dab of Glue Will Do.

Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards for Early Childhood Infants and Toddlers
[PDF]. (2014). PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning.