I'm just a bill...

Remember that song? Our assignment for today was to explain how a thought becomes a law or the making of a law.
Not an easy task to explain to a 6 & 8 year old AND make it interesting- until the Lord dropped this idea into my brain- it was really fun and I thought I would pass it on.
First, we watched our dvd copy of this:

Then we made our own "Bills":



From there, we had our own little way of showing how a bill is passed. I can't remember who was who, but my children wrote the idea for a law on the back of their "Bill". One was for everyone to go to church on Sundays. Then one of older children was congress and the other was the house of representatives, I was the President (because I'm the decider!)
They went through each of the steps. If their bills passed, then they got a gold sticker from me to put on their "Bills".
Here they are presenting their bills to congress. After he has them make some changes, he passes the "Bill".

Now, here they are with House of Representatives- she is really thinking about it and discussing it with them!

They are concerned that their bills won't pass:

They passed!

To make your own bills, just roll up a piece of paper, tape the ends and let the kids draw faces on them. With another piece of paper, cut out the arms and legs, tape them on and you will have your own "Bill".