A is for Apple

Theme: Apples in honor of Johnny Appleseed's Birthday, Sept. 26th
Letter: Aa
color: green
Number: 5
RRS Bible verse: A soft answer turns away wrath. Proverbs 15:1
Other Verse: Keep me as the Apple of your eye. Ps. 17:8

Goals/Concepts: (some goals/concepts are for both littles, some just for GB, some for L)
Apples grow on trees
Apples are fruit
Parts of apple
Colors of apples
What Johnny Appleseed did
Recognize color green & red
Recognize number 5
memorize and understand Bible verse

Great books we used:  I am an Apple is a great easy explanation of everything apple.  We All Fall for Apples has been one of GB favorite books since about 14 months.  She likes to read it to us!

Picture Highlights of the Week:  You can tell I had the camera out this week!  Still not pictures of everything, but everything themed I think. :)

A is for Apple- gluing apples

Gb wrote her Aa all by herself.

The finished products

File Folder activity: Velco matching pictures, apple sequencing, and puzzle. 

Don't mind the pacifer, grrr!  I hate that he loves that thing so much.

Weighing and comparing apples.  I had them weigh 1 apple then 2, etc.  They had to try to get 1 lb then 2 lbs, etc.  Then we compared apple weight with other fuits.  They had a blast with the scale.

Then we did sink or float experiment.  Another favorite!  GB was amazed about those little grapes!  L just loved putting things in the water. :)

Apple lacing card- he stayed with it for about 4 holes.

tongs and numbers

Green day and building with foam blocks.  They love the blocks.

Torn paper apples with handprint leaves

GB's Apple painting

RRS work and file folder game

Apple Rice Krispies- we used tootsie rolls cut down the middle (so they would be skinnier) for stems and an apple jack as the leaf.  That's a self-timer photo!

Pouring bird seed from one cup to the other.

Fun with Apple Jacks:  Lacing

 Love how he sticks his tongue out.  He ate more than he laced!

patterns

sorting- again more interested in eating. :)

checking out the star and seeds

apple stamping

Making apple dumplings using Pioneer Woman recipe!  They were soo easy, smelled delicious cooking and tasted even better!  We halfed the recipe, so we wouldn't have tons.  1/2 recipe makes 8. 

Lots and lots of apple snack and meals.

Apple jelly toast

We had an all green lunch of tortilleni with pesto, edamame and kiwi.   Apple sandwiches (circle with pretzel stick as stem) Apple juice, Apple cereal bars, Apples and peanut butter, apples, apples and more apples!!

apple photos

Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed!

Check out last years Johnny Appleseed day HERE.