Mommy Brain

(Schoolhouse Rock: The Election Collection was provided to me by Click Communications for the purpose of this feature.)

It’s election time and your vote counts! So get into the spirit of 1776 with 15 fun and classic songs that celebrate everything that makes our country great in Schoolhouse Rock! The Election Collection on Disney DVD! Plus, keep track of the actual voting results in all 50 states with the exclusive Election Tracking Kit with stickers and experience the new to DVD song “Presidential Minute” - with two surprise endings!

A generation of young Americans learned that American history and government could be fun with the award-winning animated series Schoolhouse Rock. Now a whole new generation of patriots can be inspired by memorable songs that explain how our government is set up in “I’m Just a Bill” and “Three-Ring Government,” how the electoral college process works in “I’m Going to Take Your Vote to College,” and more! Your house - and the White House - are gonna rock this year!

Songs include:

~ No More Kings
~ Fireworks
~ Shot Heard ‘Round the World
~ The Preamble
~ The Great American Melting Pot
~ Mother Necessity
~ Sufferin’ Till Suffrage
~ I’m Just a Bill
~ Three-Ring Government
~ I’m Gonna Send Your Vote to College
~ Tyrannosaurus Debt
~ Tax Man Max
~ Walkin’ On Wall Street
~ Energy Blues
~ and more!

What could be better during this election season than a collection of Schoolhouse Rock songs? I remember many of these songs from Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid, and I love that I can share them with my kids - and they can learn some important basics about our country and government.

The kids and I have had a few conversations about the election process in the past few weeks, and they know that Kevin and I have been wrestling with our vote for president. I’m excited that the kids are old enough to understand what’s going on as we elect our president - and this DVD has given me some great tools for a little mini-unit leading up to November 4th.

The DVD includes a fold-out map of the US, with each state showing how many electors they send to the Electoral College. There is also a sheet of blue and red stickers so that you can keep track on election day of which way the states are voting. I’m not sure if the kids will be able to stay up all night as the results come in, but we’ll watch some of them and keep track. After all, not every country has the privilege of electing their leader, and I want the kids to understand that Election Day is pretty special.

Schoolhouse Rock: The Election Collection will be available on DVD on September 23rd, and you can pre-order it now.