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PATTY SMITH HILL 

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 =BIBLIOGRAPHY =

__**Born:**__ March 27,1868 in Anchorage Kentucky. __**Passed Away**__ : May 25,1946 in New York, New York.

= EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION =

- Was an American nursery school & kindergarten teacher. - Began her career as a kindergarten teacher in Louisville, Kentucky.



National Association Nursery Education (NANE)
= = - Was a key founder of the [|National Association Nursery Education(NANE).] - This association which still exists is now directed under the name of the [|National Association For the Education of Young Children]

( Image from:[|www.f-leaders.com/pb/wp_a49d4bf5/wp_a49d4bf5.html] )  =LOUISVILLE FREE KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATION (LFKA) =

- Became the director of the Association in 1893. - Began twelve years of supervisory leadership. *("The L.F.K.A. Kindergarten program's goal was to create an environment that incorporated the needs of children from different environmental conditions, races and physical, social and intellectual status who could be better served in a kindergarten that understood the needs of each child") * (Approaches to Early Childhood Education-Page 9)

 =SCHOOL MOVEMENTS/PATTY "HILL BLOCKS" =

- "Hill went on from the classroom to become a centeral and energizing figure in the Kindergarten and nursery school movements that swept this country in the later part of the 19th century and in the first decades of the 20th."([] - "She was deeply concerned with nurturing a child's creativity and natural instincts, and she sought, as a teacher and as a teacher of teachers, to find innovative ways for children to express these innate capacities." ([]) - "Patty Hill blocks" (set of large blocks)were one of her inventions.These blocks allow young students to create structures by themselves and also with other students. It is a great way to exercise their imaginations and develop creativity skills.



 =FURTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: =

- Helped create the [|Institute of Child Welfare Research at Columbia University Teachers College]. (Her link is at the bottom of the page at this link) - "I ntroduced progressive philosophy to Kindergarten classrooms that laid the foundation for kindergarten education in the public school system of the United States." - "Put an emphasis on creativity and the natural instincts of children, in contrast to more structured education methods of Friedrich Froebel." -Believed in a philosophy of inclusion.  =THE PATTY SMITH HILL AWARD =

- Presented by the [|Association for Childhood Education International] (ACEI) to a member who has contributed to the betterment of ACEI and children.

 =HAPPY BIRTHDAY = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 106.92%; text-align: left;">- Along with her sister Mildred, the two women wrote the tune of " [|Happy Birthday To You] " - It was written in 1893. - The song was meant to be used as a welcome to start each school day. (Both the sisters were Kindergarten teachers) - She wrote it when she was in her first year of teaching Kindergarten. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">- It was originally called "Good Morning To All". ( Image from: []) -Patty and Mildred J Hill were inducted into the [|Songwriters Hall of Fame] on June 12th 1996. =<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #be00ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">LAST COMMENTS =

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Her work has made a huge impact on the changes that have been made to the curriculum for kindergarten in and throughout the United States. Extra Resources: - [] [] -[]