Catherine Kent's and Kathleen
Horn's Kindergarten classes celebrated Johnny Appleseed.
September
26th was Johnny Appleseed's (a.k.a.
John Chapman's) birthday. Catherine
Kent's and Kathleen Horn's kindergarten classes at the Roanoke
Avenue School have been reading about his life. Their classes
celebrated "Johnny Appleseed Day" together by tasting
apples, graphing responses, reading stories, playing games,
making homemade applesauce and observing the scientific changes
to the apples.
"The
Macintosh
apples seem to make the best applesauce," observed Mrs.
Kent. "We begin the year by studying the
colors, so I've been emphasizing the colors of the apples:
red, green and yellow."
The
students also learned that Johnny Appleseed first planted
apple trees in western
New York and Pennsylvania before heading west. Johnny was
a friend to everyone he met. Indians and settlers -- even
the animals -- liked Johnny Appleseed. His clothes were made
from sacks and his hat
was a tin pot. He
also used his hat for cooking. His favorite book was the Bible.
He loved
children.
"He
planted apple trees and wore a pot on his head and that's
why we're wearing pots on our heads today," explained
one of the boys, who had a hard time keeping his on.
Catherine
Kent's and Kathleen Horn's kindergarten classes at the Roanoke
Avenue School have been reading about his life. Their classes
celebrated "Johnny Appleseed Day" together by tasting
apples, graphing responses, reading stories, playing games,
making homemade applesauce and observing the scientific changes
to the apples. 
"He
planted apple trees and wore a pot on his head and that's
why we're wearing pots on our heads today," explained
one of the boys, who had a hard time keeping his on.