Today we worked with the Apple Theme in different ways, just as fun! We cut open apples and reviewed parts and functions of stems, flesh, core, and seeds. It was also super cool to see how the core looks like a star when the apple is cut crosswise. After cutting the apples into halves or quarters, we poked them with forks to give them handles for apple printing. We dipped the apples in red, green, or yellow paint to make apple prints. Baby "K" was so excited about this way to paint after watching her school friends do it that she wanted a turn to try it too. :)
For Circle Time, we read a book about how apples grow and are ready to pick in the fall. We needed to pretend to pick apples too! To add an element of math, we used sand timers to determine how long it took to pick up and sort all the "apples." On your mark, get set, GO! We dumped green and red "apples" and raced the timers to pick them all up!
It took us just under 3 minutes to pick up and sort all the apples! Now we can pretend to go to the Apple Market and buy green or red apples. :)
