Apple!

What do we know about apples?

Mother Goose Time

S learned how to open and empty out my drawers. She is growing up so fast.

Circle Time!

S loves to sit in front of our circle time board.

The kids are reciting a rhyme, "In the Apple Tree."

M is our weather person for the day. He said it is sunny outside!

K is raising his fists high, just like an apple in a apple tree.

The kids are exploring with sand (dirt)! We learned that seeds need water to grow.

I had the little ones explore with rice. I felt it was a safer option since they still like to put things into their mouths. S had fun digging, touching, and grabbing rice with her hands. 

I showed the children the cover of a book and asked them to guess what the book might be about. K said it looked like the book was about apples. 

K's prediction was correct. I read the kids a book about Johnny Appleseed. 

Now, they are creating their own Johnny Appleseed puppet. The children are decorating their puppets with the clothing pieces and pot hat's that came in our kit. 

K colored and applied glue to her puppet.

S is waiting patiently, so I can help her make a puppet too.

K & M learned the parts of an apple tree. They are trying to create different parts of an apple tree.

S thought she would give it try as well.

I see a tree in the making.

Nice work K!

The instructions called for me to tape the life cycle of a tree card to the table. Instead, I chose to do this activity on the floor. This gave my babies and opportunity to join in on the fun. 

I showed the children the life cycle of a tree on the cards provided. Afterwards, they took turns turning cards over. When the cards were all turned over, the children worked together to put the cycle of an apple tree in order. 

We learned that an apple tree starts out as a seed. It grows into a sapling, it blossoms into flowers, and then it produces apples. 

M is holding our Global friend for the world map. He is searching for the purple continent or the continent that begins with A. M learned that our Global friend is from Australia and she loves to eat apples.