Today was a special day at SDS. Our 4 year old classes joined together to learn about John Chapman, or as we know him, Johnny Appleseed.
We read a beautiful book about Johnny. We learned that he was a good man, who was kind to all people and animals. He helped the Pioneers learn to grow apple trees. He gave them the gift of applesauce, apple pie, apple cider, and food for the whole year.
Johnny was a simple man who lead a simple life. He traveled around the country sharing with others the word of the Lord and his apple seeds. Legend has it that he wore his cooking pot on his head, because his back pack was full of apple seeds!
Today we honored Johnny Appleseed by wearing our pots on our heads, and spreading "apple" seeds all around our school. Of course, apple trees don't grow very well around here, so we just pretended and spread seeds for the birds. We think Johnny would have liked that we were being kind to the animals.
We had a silly fun time with our friends!
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