Some 1st grader proverb wisdom you'll enjoy: 
A first grade teacher with twenty-five students in her class, presented each child with the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of that proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done
by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. Each child was asked to write answers for each of the 25 half-proverbs and the winning answers, as judged by the teacher, are presented below. While reading these keep in mind that these are 6-year-old-first-graders. The last one is a doozy!
1. Don't change horses..........................until they stop running.
2. Strike while the........................................bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before.....................Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of ........ termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but ......... how?
6. Don't bite the hand that ........................ looks dirty.
7. No news is.................................................impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a ............................... Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new ............... math.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll ........ stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust ....................................... me.
12. The pen is mightier than the ................... pigs.
13. An idle mind is...............................the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's ................. pollution.
15. Happy the bride who.........................gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is ................................... not much.
17. Two's company, three's ........................ the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what .......... you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ........you have to blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as .................... Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not ........... spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed ....... get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you . ......see in the picture on the box.
24. When the blind lead the blind .................. get out of the way.
25. Better late than .....................................pregnant.
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