Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Apple Farmer Annie

Happy Tuesday!  Today we continued our exploration of apples in preparation for our field trip to the apple orchard on Thursday!  Our story today was Apple Farmer Annie.  This story helped us learn about a day in the life of an apple farmer from picking apples to baking different foods to selling apple products at market.  We also learned that apples are used to make different types of foods, such as apple pie, apple cider, applesauce, and even apple muffins!  This story helped us learn new roles and ideas to use in our Fall Farmer's Market dramatic play area!


We also learned an apple song to the tune of "Bingo."  It was a lot of fun clapping when Miss McCabe took away a letter.  This was an introduction to some of the letters we will be focusing on this month, such as the Ll and Pp.


In the morning session, a friend brought a special book for us to read!  When Miss McCabe sat down to read the story, she told Miss McCabe that she could read it all by herself!  Great job, Abby!  We are so proud of you and enjoyed listening to your story!  Click here to listen to her read!


Then we visited the two centers that we did not visit yesterday.  Ask your child which centers he/she visited today!

The first center made apple name trees.






The second center used their strong fine motor skills to tear paper to make a torn paper apple to display outside the 4K classroom.







The third center played Hi, Ho, Apple-O and worked on counting skills.




The fourth center used the balance scales to see which items weigh more or less than an apple.






We spent time playing.  The children are especially enjoying playing with the corn and balance scales in the sensory table.  Our fall apple market in the dramatic play area was also popular.











In the morning, we even tried applesauce for snack!




After a delicious snack, we spent some time focusing on the number zero.  We read some stories about the number zero.  Then we did some shared writing where we made a list of items that we have zero (none) of in our classroom.



Then it was time to go outside to play! 

We have had a change of plans for tomorrow and will be going on a walk in the woods instead of our planned activities.  Please make sure to send your child to school with weather-appropriate clothing and good walking shoes tomorrow.  We are going to spend some time exploring the signs of fall in the school forest!

Have a fantastic evening! :)

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