Mrs. Laura's Class: Apple Green...Apple Red!

What a great week exploring apples! We learned the parts of the apples, their life cycle, and some yummy things we can make from them. We also learned about the number 4 and the letter Aa.
*For some reason...I lost some of the photos I took on Thursday :(

Thursday:

After tasting the apples we got to share which ones were our favorites. We then graphed our results! A fun way to look at which had the most likes and which had the least.

We worked together to get ingredients ready to make crock-pot applesauce!

I took it home to back it over night.

Our yummy themed snack!

rolling pine cones in paint, glitter, and cinnamon!

We like to get messy in preschool!

A sweet story time!

Friday:

After reading about Johnny Appleseed...we made apples of our own...then labeled the parts.

so smart!

We are loving the sand Mrs. Tracy brought to the school!

Time to finish our applesauce!

What great chef!

Big helper!

Applesauce and Apple Jacks for snack!

Math time...staircase counting as I call it!
Each bucket has a number and the next is one larger. This is a great way for kiddos to learn number sense and simple +1 addition. The main thing I am looking for is the kiddos 1:1 counting. Especially at this age and this time of year...their mouths can verbally count faster than their fingers can move. So we together can work on slowing them down.

They were able to take their "apples" home to show you how they can count. I love sending stuff like this home to connect home and school. At this age kiddos LOVE "homework!"

Dot cube rolling. They rolled it and counted the dots. They then found that number on their apple tree and colored it in!

Time to make erupting apples.

After cutting the core out I filled the apple with baking soda and food coloring.
We then made predictions on what we thought would happen when I poured in vinegar. Some said it would rain, others said it would explored!