Getting ready for the election!

The other day I talked to the boys about polls, voting, and elections. To make their experience a little more concrete we took our lesson to the streets and polled our neighbors to find out which flavor of ice-cream was more popular, chocolate or chocolate chip. This is how it went; Keith and Ian would both run up to the door to ring the bell, then Keith would say, "okay, Ian, three steps back to give them room (Keith revealed to me that he learned this courtesy last Halloween). Then when someone came to the door, Keith would say, "Hello my name is Keith James Miller and I am taking a poll on the best flavor of ice-cream, would you like to vote?" The neighbor would check off either chocolate or chocolate chip on our tally sheet and Ian would offer, "thanks for voting; would you like a sticker?" The boys had a great time and it turns out that chocolate is just as popular as chocolate chip on our street so we celebrated by buying both!