First let me say, I LOVE FALL!! Everything about fall! I love the leaves changing colors, apple cider, hay rides, corn mazes, ALL things pumpkin, Halloween, Thanksgiving, the crisp weather, the cozy sweaters and boots...You get the idea :)
Even though fall has not officially begun aaannnnd it is still 90's outside, I could not wait to kick off the season with some fun, apple themed activities!
All week long we read a ton of apple themed books. Here are a few that you can find on amazon:
I also found "The Story of the Apple Star" here and read it to my kids. It is so cute! My kids could not believe their eyes when we cut open one of our apples and found that there was really a star inside!
Then we read this little rhyme I found here whole group and circled the rhyming words. In small group, each kid got their own version of the poem and highlighted our HFWs we are working on this week: is, a. Then, they got to use our halved apples to make their own apple stamp.
During science, we discussed the different parts of an apple as we dissected our own apple.
Then, using our 5 senses we explored 3 different types of apples and discussed how they felt, looked, and smelled the same and different.
Next, we listened to see if there were any differences in the CrUnCh when we bit into the apples to do our taste test. :)
Finally, we voted on which apple we liked best. Obviously we are still working on name writing, but we are getting there!
In math this week we have been working on patterns so of course, we had to use our special star apples to make apple print patterned headbands!
During "Science Friday" we made applesauce in the crockpot.
This is one of my FAVORITE things to do each year because the kids LOVE it and my classroom smells AMAZING! Oh yeah, and it's educational...
Next week we will be having even more apple fun (Johnny Appleseed's birthday is Friday!) and my kids will be working on these cute little apple themed workstations!
Fill in the missing letter
Word wall vocabulary cards (also used in a separate workstation to practice syllabication)
Match Johnny to the apple that has his beginning sound
Spell the CVC word on the apples
And apple themed rhyming puzzles
You can find these activities and several more by clicking the picture below. In celebration of old Johnny's b-day, it is even on sale this week! :)
