Comments on: Teaching kids democratic values http://dontapscott.com/2010/03/04/teaching-kids-democratic-values/ A conversation about how the web is changing the world Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:15:27 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: samuel http://dontapscott.com/2010/03/04/teaching-kids-democratic-values/comment-page-1/#comment-576 samuel Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:43:50 +0000 http://dontapscott.com/?p=5257#comment-576 On the theory that it's never too early for kids to become good Democrats, political writer Jeremy Zilber has written a nifty picture book for younger children, "Why Mommy Is A Democrat," nicely illustrated by Yuliya Fursova. I learned about it after listening to the review found by <a href="http://www.mp3hunting.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mp3hunting.com</a> SE. In the book, a mother squirrel explains why she is a Dem to her children in simple language. On one page she looks on from her tree house window and says "Democrats make sure we all share our toys just like Mommy does," while the little squirrels play with blocks. On another she says 'Democrats make sure we are always safe, just like Mommy does," while she shields the little ones from a big, fat elephant walking by. The book is reasonably priced at $10, with further discounts for Democratic organizations and candidates (t-shirts, handbags and teddy bears available also). If your little ones still don't get it after reading the book, just show them a picture of Ann Coulter, preferably not right before bedtime. On the theory that it's never too early for kids to become good Democrats, political writer Jeremy Zilber has written a nifty picture book for younger children, “Why Mommy Is A Democrat,” nicely illustrated by Yuliya Fursova. I learned about it after listening to the review found by http://www.mp3hunting.com SE. In the book, a mother squirrel explains why she is a Dem to her children in simple language. On one page she looks on from her tree house window and says “Democrats make sure we all share our toys just like Mommy does,” while the little squirrels play with blocks. On another she says 'Democrats make sure we are always safe, just like Mommy does,” while she shields the little ones from a big, fat elephant walking by. The book is reasonably priced at $10, with further discounts for Democratic organizations and candidates (t-shirts, handbags and teddy bears available also). If your little ones still don't get it after reading the book, just show them a picture of Ann Coulter, preferably not right before bedtime.

]]> By: Anna http://dontapscott.com/2010/03/04/teaching-kids-democratic-values/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Anna Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:55:09 +0000 http://dontapscott.com/?p=5257#comment-456 That's bainwashing! What a normative view on democracy!<br>No wonder why these kids will try to push democracy further, to places that don't have democracy as a valeu.<br>What an etnocentric lesson these peole are teaching! That's bainwashing! What a normative view on democracy!
No wonder why these kids will try to push democracy further, to places that don't have democracy as a valeu.
What an etnocentric lesson these peole are teaching!

]]> By: bridgettewagoner http://dontapscott.com/2010/03/04/teaching-kids-democratic-values/comment-page-1/#comment-442 bridgettewagoner Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:01:11 +0000 http://dontapscott.com/?p=5257#comment-442 Great post! Reminds me of a project we did with some Romanian teachers about ten years ago. The basis was a belief that an effective way to introduce democratic values into the youth of Romania was through instructional strategies. They truly believed they could change their whole nation by changing teaching practices.<br><br>It was a massive and inspirational professional development effort to teach Romanian teachers how to embed true cooperative learning into their instructional practices. Too often we take for granted the "side-lessons" our instructional practices (should) teach. Great post! Reminds me of a project we did with some Romanian teachers about ten years ago. The basis was a belief that an effective way to introduce democratic values into the youth of Romania was through instructional strategies. They truly believed they could change their whole nation by changing teaching practices.

It was a massive and inspirational professional development effort to teach Romanian teachers how to embed true cooperative learning into their instructional practices. Too often we take for granted the “side-lessons” our instructional practices (should) teach.

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