Deer Park Pre-K Students Get Creative with Heart Health

Pre-kindergartners at Abraham Lincoln School in Deer Park recently participated in a workshop called “You Gotta Have Heart.”

The program focused on heart health and was inspired by Steven Kellogg’s “Mystery of Missing Mitten,” a book the students read that tells a tale of a young girl, her favorite mitten and a snowman’s heart. 

“Teachers read a story to students about a lost mitten, and we incorporated that literacy lesson into a seasonal activity,” Abraham Lincoln Principal Dr. Christine Criscione said.  “In addition, students completed exercises that taught them about their heart rate while working with a family member.”

Students created their own snowman out of a sock and designed a heart for him. Students also listened to the rhythmic beats of their heart and their adult helper’s heart using a stethoscope and then completed an aerobic activity to track how their heartbeats change after activity. 

Photos and information provided by Syntax.