The Big Vote

Several times, our preschooler Mina has revealed that she knew much more about a topic than we realized. This has been the case for Hanukah, reading, addition and now voting.

On our drive home from swim class, I was explaining to her that there was a semi-important vote happening in the US tonight. Wide-eyed and with confidence, she quickly reminded me that they also had a big vote at preschool the other day. As she described, it wasn't just the simple hand-raising kind of affair. Each student in the class was given a sticker and then they lined up in a row. She was quick to mention that you had to stay in line and that "cutting" (e.g. cutting in line) was simply not acceptable. Then you waited for your turn to go up to the bulletin board and to place  your sticker in one of two groups. After this, the stickers, in their two  separate groups, were counted. The decision was important, and thankfully involved, unlike here, a relatively short voting process.

So, on Monday, although two of the kids (not Mina) voted for staying inside, the majority of Mina's preschool class voted for going outside for "outside time". This was Mina's first official "voting" experience. Mina was also quick to point out that no one in the class had voted before except for her friend Ryan, who already knew about voting. He shared his experience of voting when three people in his family wanted to go out for dinner and just one wanted to stay in.

Given the presence of the Sun as of late, my sticker would also be 100% for going outside.