Patty Smith Hill (27 March 1868 — 25 May 1946), was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association Nursery Education (NANE) which now exists as the National Association For the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of three and five staffed by qualified teachers and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or History In the 1920s concern over the varying quality of emerging nursery school programs in the United States triggered Patty Smith Hill to gather prominent figures She is best known as the sister of Mildred J. Hill with whom she is credited as cowriting the tune to the song Good Morning To All which became popular as Happy Birthday to You, Patty developed the Patty Hill blocks and in 1924 helped create the Institute of Child Welfare Research at Columbia University Teachers College. Mildred J Hill ( June 27, 1859 - June 5, 1916) was an American songwriter who composed the melody for "Good Morning to All" later " Happy Birthday to You " also known more simply as " Happy Birthday " is a traditional song that is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's Rankings According to US News & World Report, Teachers College Columbia University currently ranks as the #1 Graduate

Parry Hill was born in Anchorage, Kentucky. Anchorage is a city in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. Hill and her sister Mildred wrote the song (Mildred wrote the tune; Patty wrote the original lyrics) while Patty was principal and Mildred was a teacher at the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School. This kindergarten was an early experiment in modern educational methods, and was honored, along with the Hill sisters, at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. The World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair) a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary Hill was an authority and leader in the progressive education movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Educational progressivism is the belief that education must be based on the principle that humans are Social animals who learn best in real-life activities with other The Patty Hill blocks were large blocks with which children could create giant constructions.

Patty Smith Hill died in New York, New York, and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville Kentucky. The City of New York Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and Arboretum located at 701 Baxter Avenue Louisville Kentucky. She and Mildred J Hill were posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on 12 June 1996. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)

See also

• Kenwood Hill — Louisville neighborhood Patty Hill lived in
• List of famous Louisvillians

External links

• The Happy Birthday Song and The Little Loomhouse
• Happy Birthday, We'll Sue at the Urban Legends Reference Pages
• Patty S. Hill at the Internet Movie Database