Apple Antics

Before we could play and experiment with apples, we went shopping at the "Apple Store" for a variety of apples- big ones, little ones, red ones, green ones, yellow ones and even some multi-colored ones. We weighed them, bagged them and paid for them. We took turns being the customer and the cashier. We were pretty busy, because after all, it's apple-picking season!

We read Ten Apples up on Top by Dr. Seuss.

Then just like in the book, we tried balancing apples (we used beanbag apples) on our heads. It made us kind of giggly. We tried balancing them while we were sitting and then we tried standing and walking.

There's no way we could balance ten apples like they do in the book!

We climbed a ladder and picked some apples from the tree.

To the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", we sang as we climbed:

Way up high in the apple tree

Two little apples looked down at me.

I shook that tree just as hard as I could.

Down came the apples and Mmmm, they were good.

I shook that tree just as hard as I could,

Down came the apples and Mmmmm, they we good.

And boy, were they ever good! We washed them and picked one to eat while we played in the yard. 

We cored and cut up some of the apples and made applesauce for lunch! Of course we had to "taste test" them too! We just left the peel on. We put them in a pot and added water, honey and cinnamon. When they were fork-tender, we put them in the blender. 

YUM!

We read The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

and then we made our own little apple pies with apple pie scented play dough. Green, red and yellow buttons were our apples. Rolling pins, plastic knives and forks added to our play experience. 

Our vote for favorite book of the week is, Ouch!. 

It’s about a little hedgehog who gets an apple stuck in her spine. Now she doesn’t fit in her new home! What will she do?

We used some of our apples for printing. We painted apple halves with red, green and yellow paint and printed them on paper.

It was a fun week, a productive week-

a delicious week!