Friday, September 4, 2009

Apples

Today we had an impromptu theme of apples. I had a bag full of apples I needed to cut and peel to make applesauce. While I did this, I sang a couple of rhymes to Bear that mentioned apples.

Farmer Brown had five green apples hanging in his tree. Farmer Brown had five green apples hanging in his tree. He plucked one apple and ate it hungrily. Four green apples are hanging in his tree. (repeat until you get to one green apple...and change the third and fourth lines to "He plucked that apple and gave it all to me. No more apples are hanging on his tree.")


Way up high in the apple tree, Two little apples smiled at me. I shook that tree as hard as I could. Down came the apples. MMMmmm, they're good!

Then I showed Bear how if you cut an apple horizontally there is a star/flower inside where the seeds are. We then proceeded to make apple prints with the apple I cut.


She also did a painting similar to the one here. What a great blog with fabulous ideas.

I love when learning moments just happen like this, totally unplanned.
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6 comments:

  1. AmySeptember 4, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    Thanks, I had forgotten about the star print inside.

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  2. NadiaSeptember 5, 2009 at 3:11 AM

    ohh this looks fun, thanks for sharing

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  3. SandySeptember 5, 2009 at 7:28 AM

    Very nice! I love doing apple prints too! :0)

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  4. AprilSeptember 5, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Way to think on your feet! An impromptu watermelon theme is going on in our house, I should post about the songs we are singing!

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  5. Natalie PlanetSmartySeptember 6, 2009 at 12:48 AM

    What a fun day! I would like to have a separate "fall harvest" topic and I love your apples ideas. Your apple tree looks so cool!

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  6. DanaSeptember 8, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    Oh, how I love your blog! Thanks for sharing all your fun ideas! Sometimes, I run out of steam after teaching my two older ones, and your ideas inspire me!

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