This has been a busy week, but the kids have loved the learning activities. As a class, the kids tasted red, green, and yellow apples during snack time. When tasting the apples they decided which apple they enjoyed the most. We then made a graph to figure out which color apple was the class favorite. Ten of the seventeen kids loved green apples! We read a book about Johnny Appleseed and how the apples grow from dormant trees in the winter to apples in the fall, then to apple pies. As we read the book, the kids thought about our previous plant science lesson and recalled that a seed was planted, watered, sun shined on the seed, grew roots, stem, leafs, and finally apples! After reading the book and discussing how Johnny planted a seed to grow the apple tree, the kids all wanted to go home and plant an apple seed. The kids favorite part of apple week was making the apple pies. We made four pies. Each kid got the chance to add apples, sugar, cinnamon and apple pie filling to a bowl. They then mixed everything together and poured it into the crust. The kids thought it was awesome to cook in the classroom. After the pies baked we were all excited to try the apple pie while drinking apple juice. The halls smelled of apple pies for the rest of the day, which reminded the kids how much they loved apple pies!!
Miss Andrea
