Meadow Hill

Miss Cindy’s students honor the presidents

By Louise Haight
Posted 2/18/21

February, you are veryDear, when all is done:Many blessings rest above you,You one day (and so we love you)Gave us Washington.”                - Will …

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Miss Cindy’s students honor the presidents

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Ash Wednesday is Feb. 17, the day after Mardi Gras, beginning the forty-day season of Lent for Christians that ends on Easter Sunday.  The ashes that bless us today are a visible sign of a profound invitation, to turn and re-turn our lives more deeply towards a loving God who longs to embrace us, whose heart is tender with welcome.  Remember, Lent can be our “Secret Garden,” our sacred space to be quiet and think about God and God’s goodness.  
         
Boys and girls in Miss Cindy’s Neighborhood Nursery School have been enjoying February, the shortest month of the year, in spite of its chancy weather, forcing schools to close in the wake of ice and snow, but February makes up for its flaws, by having so many wonderful holidays to celebrate.
 Hands on fun lessons can turn art and science and math into adventures as the curious children learned, when they were creating and cutting out Valentine hearts of all sizes.  They patiently listened to their teacher’s instructions and carefully glued magnets on the back of the hearts, learning that the magnets will pull things toward them and push other magnets away.  Now they simply had to find the right magnetic field to hang their hearts at home and have fun on Valentine’s Day, with their loving family.

 Boys and girls love to have stories read to them about the history of our great country.  Presidents Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February.  
It really honors all our past presidents, but especially George Washington, Feb. 22, 1732, born in Virginia, and Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12, 1809, born in Kentucky.  They were great men, each who believed in the United States of America, and they were devoted to keep our states joined as one powerful nation.  
The Father of our Country, George Washington stands for our fight to become a new nation.  Abraham Lincoln stands for equality among people and unity of our states.
Miss Cindy has a favorite American children’s toy in her class, Lincoln Logs, that consist of square-notched miniature wooden logs used to build small forts and buildings.  Like real logs used in building a log cabin, just like the log cabin that Lincoln’s father built for his family, and then later on, a young Lincoln learned to build them, also.  So, it was only natural that boys and girls, alike, were captivated by its simple type of creativity, and the logs are named for the sixteenth president of the United States, Abe Lincoln, who once lived in a log cabin.  
The children were wowed to learn the toy was invented over a hundred years ago, and they are so popular today, that Lincoln Logs were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1999.  Kudos to all our teachers who continue to be their best, for the students they care so deeply about.
 
Mid-Hudson Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club will hike (or snowshoe if conditions are right), the Red Trail in James Baird State Park on Sunday, Feb. 21.  
It is an easy hike of 3-3.5 miles on average terrain and some small hills, and will be a moderate pace.  
Bring water, snacks, or light lunch, and please dress for the weather. 
You must confirm with leader, Annette Caruso, annettecrs@gmail.com, or call (845) 819-8661, for time and meeting place.
May you always have an angel at your side.