I had so much fun today. I have to admit, I loved this theme so much that I prepared way too much. We will continue with apples on Thursday. As soon as everyone arrived we headed to the park to enjoy the day. This time we took buckets, cups, and spoons so that everyone could play in the sand. They had so much fun! Sorry if they came home a little sandy.
After we played at the park we had our snack. It's so nice outside now it's just too hard to resist a picnic when we can.
Then we went back and had circle time where we were introduced to the new theme, shape, color and letter of the week - A. Our Autumn unit start with a study on apples.
This is the book we read.
We also learned about Johnny Appleseed who was so kind and shared his talents with the pioneers by planting apple seeds. I really tried to emphasize that he planted the seeds for others - this month is all about sharing and gratitude.
After circle time we went over and tried three different colored apples - red, green, and yellow. Then we made a graph! Each child placed a square on the board according to which apple they liked best and then we discussed it. I was so proud of them. The lights definitely went on.
After we discovered that red was liked by the majority we discussed how apples could be used differently - they can be cooked, squeezed, etc.
We tasted applesauce and then we tasted apple juice and talked about the different consistency.
We looked in the core of the apples and pulled out the seeds.
This was our craft for the day - Johnny Appleseed hats!
Centers are always fun!
We have playdough and soft pom poms to play with at the sensory table.
I put out some different toys in the free play area and they all liked them.
We made and served lots of delicious food in the practical living area. They are so cute!
It was a fun, full day and I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did. We will continue learning about apples next time.
looks like so much fun!
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