Robert's Rules for Kids and Big Kids: A Guide to Teaching Kids of All Ages the Basics of Parliamentary Procedure

Group decision-making in the United States, including voting, is lower than in most developed countries. A big part of the problem is that people don't know the rules. This book, while addressing basic skills like reading and writing and advanced concepts like critical thinking, addresses that lack of training and participation.   Designed for teachers of students in grades kindergarten through 12, it takes a progressive approach to mastering the cornerstone for democracy: Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR). Many schools have Student Governments. An elite few generally participate. This book introduces universal participation. While a good end in itself, this book goes further. Through the mastery of the many components of RONR, it prepares students everywhere for meetings of almost all types, large and small. It's for training not just as students but for the rest of their lives. Robert's Rules for Kids and Big Kids points the way.

Martha Womack Haun, Ph.D., PRP, is accredited by the National Association of Parliamentarians as a Professional Registered Parliamentarian and is the editor of the National Parliamentarian (NAP). Dr. Haun is a member of the American Institute of Parliamentarians and was editor of the international Parliamentary Journal for seven years. She has authored or co-authored more than two dozen articles on the parliamentary process and won national recognition for her co-authored work with Dr. Robin Nicklin Williamson at the University of St. Thomas [Houston], “Let the Minority Be Heard.” Dr. Haun has taught parliamentary procedure/effective meeting management and other communication classes at the University of Houston for more than 45 years and has done hundreds of workshops and seminars at local, state, and national levels. Ted Weisgal co-founded the lifelong learning program, Leisure Learning Unlimited in 1979 and taught "How to Have Great Meetings: The Basics of Robert's Rules of Order" for 34 years. Prior to that he was a Campus Activities Advisor at the University of Houston. He is now working with the fourth consecutive administration of the Houston Independent School District Student Congress, is the President Emeritus of the Hermann Park Rotary Club, and is the 2016-2017 chair of the Local Station Board for the Pacifica Foundation radio ststion in Houston, KPFT, 90.1FM.