The girls had fun with apples today. They enjoyed painting, the apple taste test, and apple picking. We got our recourses for today from the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.
Apple Science
- We used the Apple Life Cycle poster to visualize how apples are made.
- Then we watched the Apple Life Cycle video
- I read about apples from the Abeka Preschool Language Development Cards to learn more about the apples.
- Johnny Appleseed video
- She also did her Apple page from her Abeka Letters & Sounds for 3’s book.
- The Johnny Appleseed video taught us more.
Apple Writing
- The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter A. My 3 year old had a capital A and lowercase a with tracing arrows, along with an apple to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing A’s and a’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.
A is for Apple Craft
- I printed this A is for Apple Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “a” for them to paint red. After it dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the stem and seeds for them to glue on.
- While the paint was drying, we watched the Little Red Apple poem by The Good and the Beautiful.
Apple Taste Test
- We watched I LOVE APPLES song as I got the apples and printed out the Apple Taste Test Paper.
- They watched me cut one of each color of apple and then we tasted them. We filled out the paper together as we tasted them.
Apple Trinity
- We watched parts of an apple video to learn about each part.
- Then I read 3 in 1 (A Picture of God) by Joanne Marchausen.
- I also printed out the Holy Trinity 3 in 1 poster.
Apple Worksheets
- We did the I Spy the Letter A or a with a dot dauber.
- We also used the dot dauber to Count the Apples in the Apple Tree paper.
- Last we cut the apples to complete the Apple Pattern page.
Apple Fritter Muffins
The girls used their awesome Kids Kitchen Knife Set to help chop the apples.
Apple Fritter Batter:
- 3 apples, peeled and chopped
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup white granulated sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons milk
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a muffin pan with baking cups. (makes 1 dozen)
- Combine chopped apples, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Whisk the egg, sugar, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla in a mixer.
- Mix in the flour, baking soda and the salt.
- Gently fold the apples into the batter, and pour in the loaf pan.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Make the glaze by whisking the powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk.
- Allow the muffins to cool slightly before drizzling the glaze over them.
Apple Color Sorting
- I printed out the Apple Sorting game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she sorted the apples to the matching color basket.
Active Apple
- We found this Go Danny The Apple Picking Song for some active time today.
Apple Shape Puzzles
- I printed out the Apple Shape Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then the girls took turns making a match as they told me the color and shape that was on the apple.
Apple Observations
- Then they each got an apple to measure with their Linking Cubes. The colored how many cubes it took to get the height of the apple.
- Then they, felt it, smelled it, and then I cut it and the tasted it.
- They counted their seeds and colored in that many seeds on the paper. (Save the seeds for the Jumping Apple Seeds experiment).
Jumping Apple Seeds
- We placed some apple seeds into a clear plastic cup with a fourth cup of vinegar. Then they added a teaspoon of baking soda and watched the seeds jump around.
Apple Picking
We went to a local farm to pick yellow and red apples. The trees were pretty low, so the girls could reach them.
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