APPLES *COOKING - You want to make applesauce.. *BARNEY TREE - Roll up crinkled old butcher paper from the floor up to 3/4 of the wall take branches and extend it up the wall and the ceiling, make handprints for leaves and start out with green leaves... with palmprint apples next month... green starts coming down a few of the yellow and orange go up November - all green are gone and brown appears by Dec brown only January no leaves and tree comes down. To make the apples for it paint only the palm of the child's hand red cut out and post. *APPLE PRINTING - Cut the apple in half to reveal the star of seeds paint the apple and print does anyone have the story about that? *COUNTING - Count the seeds. cut out 10 red and 10 white posterboard apples on each of the white draw one to ten seeds in the center number the red apples from one to ten identify the number on the red apples and place on the white apples laminate them for flannel board usage. *ASSORTED SIZES - Cut out different sizes of apples... from colored contruction paper or color them on white ones.. arrange them from small to large made them a flannel board exercise also if you have small children..only do 3 toddlers and preschoolers do 6. *APPLE COLLAGE - Small paper plate and a peice of red paper children tear the paper into small pieces then glue the pieces all over the plate add green paper stems and hang up. *FINGERPAINT APPLE - Use red, green or yellow to fingerpaint an apple that has been cut out. *SCIENCE - Difference between raw and cooked apples bake a whole apple and slice an simmer another have a raw one cut up as well will be able to see the changes in color texture and taste.. *APPLE BOOK - Cut out a red construction paper apple have each child dictate a story. They can illustrate it staple and put cover around pages to make a book. *LETTER A - Cut out a large apple shape out of paper write the letter A on it have the children tear or cut out magazine pictures things that begin with the letter A (ie, ant, airplain, acorn, etc.) glue the pictures onto the apple shape. * You can make paper plate apples a few different ways. Give a child a 9 inch paper plate. Have them cut out the shape of a leaf from green paper (you can draw out the leaf for them or let them be creatiave) and this will be added to the apple last. They can make the apple red by simply coloring the whole plate red, paining the whole plate red, sponge painting the plate red for a textured look, or (my favorite) by tearing up pieces of red construction paper and glueing them on the plate for a unique textured 3-D type of look. Don't forget to add the leaf. You can also add a piece of brown paper for a stem. * ACTION RHYME Way up high in the apple tree (stretch both arms above your head, hands open) Two little apples smiled at me (keep arms above head, close hands into fists) I shook that tree as hard as I could (keep arms above head, "shake"tree) Down came the apples (bring fists down toward stomach) Mmmm, they were good! (rub stomach) *The Apple Tree - poem Way up high in the apple tree. (point up) Two little apples smiled at me. (close thumb & forefinger of each hand to make to make an apple) I shook that tree as hard as I could (grab pretend tree & shake) Down fell the apples--- (raise hands & let fall) MMMMMM, were they good! * Apple On A Stick - poem Apple on a stick, apple on a stick I can lick it all day and not get sick. Apple in a cup, apple in a cup I can drink it all day and not fill up. Apple in a crunch, apple in a crunch I can eat it all day, it is so good to munch Apple in a cake, apple in a cake I can eat it all day with no tummy ache Apple in a pie, apple in a pie I can eat it all day and never cry. Apple in a dish, apple in a dish I can eat it all day, it's so delish! * Red Apple - poem A little red apple Hung high in a tree I looked up at it And it looked down at me "Come down, please" I called And what do you suppose--- That little red apple Dropped right on my nose! * Five Red Apples - poem Five red apples in a grocery store Bobby bought one & then there were 4 Four red apples on an apple tree Susie ate one & then there were 3 Three red apples. What did Alice do? Why she ate one & then there were 2 Two red apples ripening in the sun Tommy ate one, & now there was one One red apple & now we are done I ate the last one & now there are none!\ *Apple red strips of paper about 1 1/2 ins wide green strip about 3 ins long and 1 in wide brown strip about 2 ins long 1 in wide Take the red strip of paper and bend the ends together. should resemble an apple. bend the green strip and add to the apple. DO NOT FOLD PAPER>>>> then stick the brown strip in the top. then stick a stapler inside the apple and staple. *Apple Seeds Before cutting open an apple, ask tha children to predict how many seeds there will be inside. Cut the apple in half horizontally and let the children observe the "star" that holds the seeds. Count the seeds with the children and have them compare the number with their predictions. Try the experiment with another apple. Does it have the same number of seeds as the first? Try the same experiment using a different colored apple --As you cut open the different color apples make note that the insides are the same even though the outside is different. You can make the same comparison with people---different on the outside but all the same on the inside.) Extension: Set out apple seeds (with several of them cut in half) and let the children examine them with a magnifying glass. If desired, provide other kinds of fruit seeds for comparing. * Climbing Up the Apple Tree Climbing up the apple tree, (climb in place) Swinging on a limb! (Raise arms above head, sway left and right) If I hear a robin, I may (cup hand near ear) Sing along with him! (sing tra la la) "And Robin, if you fly away, (Put hands over eyes) Here's what I think I'll do: (Point with index finger) I'll wish a pair of sparrow wings (gently flap arms at side and move around) And fly away with you!" * Ten Red Apples Here I have five apples. (hold up five fingers on right hand) And here are five again. (hold up both hands) How many apples altogether? Why, five and five makes ten. *Eat an Apple Eat an apple; (Bring right hand to mouth) Save the core. (Close right hand in fist) Plant the seeds. (Bend down touch hand to ground) And grow some more. (Extend both arms out) * Picking Apples Sung to the tune of Frere Jacque (can use when picking up legos, blocks, ect) Picking apples Picking apples One by one One by one Put them in a basket Put them in a basket Oh, what fun! Oh, what fun! * All Around The Apple Tree sung to the tune of Mulberry Bush Here we go round the apple tree, the apple tree, the apple tree Here we go around the apple tree On a frosty morning. This is the way we climb the ladder -pick the apples -wash the apples -peel the apples -cook the apples -eat the apples On a frosty morning! * Here Is An Apple (make circle with thumb and pointer) Here is an apple (make circle with other thumb and pointer) and here is an apple (Make circle with arms) and a great big apple I see Now let's count the apples we've made (reapeat above actions) 1 - 2 - 3 ! * Ten Red Apples (Both hands high) Ten red apples grow on a tree (Dangel one hand and then the other) Five for you and five for me. (Shake body) Let us shake the tree just so (Hands fall) And ten red apples will fall below (Count ea finger) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. * Apple Mural Cut out a lg apple shape from a lg paper roll. Let the children do apple printing on the shape during art time. Use a variety of sizes and shapes and colors - red, green, yellow. Tack apple print to wall and play a variety of games with the mural. 1 - count the apple prints 2 - find the print that is the largest/smallest 3 - find the print that is the darkest/lightest 4 - do any of the shapes look the same/different? *The Little Red House with No Doors and No windows and a Star inside There was once upon a time a little boy who was tired of all his toys and, tired of all his play. "What shall I do ?" He asked his mother. And his mother, who always knew beautiful things for little boys to do, said, " You shall go on a journey and find a little red house with no doors and no windows and a star inside." This really made the little boy wonder. Usually his mother had good ideas, but his thought that this one was very strange. "Which way shall I go?" He asked his mother. "I don't know where to find a little red house with no doors and no window ." Go down the lane past the farmer's house and over the hill," said his mother, "and then hurry back as soon as you can and tell me all about your journey." So the little boy put on his cap and his jacket and started out. He had not gone very far down the lane when he came to a merry little girl dancing in the sunshine. Her cheeks were like pink blooms petals and she was singing like a robin. "Do you know wher I shall find a little red house with no doors and no windows and a star in inside?" asked the little boy. The little girl laughed, "Ask my father, the farmer," she said. "Perhaps he knows." So the little boy went on until he came to the great brown barn were the farmer kept barrel of fat potatoes and baskets of yellow squashes and golden pumpkins. The farmer himself stood in the doorway looking out over the green pastures and yellow grain fields. "Do you know where I shall find a little red house with no doors and no windows and a star inside?" asked the little boy of the farmer. The farmer laughed too. "I lived a great many years and I never saw one." He chuckled, "but ask Granny who lives at the foot of the hill. "She knows how to make molasses, taffy and popcorn balls, and red mitten! Perhaps she can direct you." So the little boy went on farther still, until he came to the Granny, sitting in her pretty garden of herbs and marigolds. She was wrinkled as a walnut and as smiling as the sunshine. "Please, Dear Granny," said the little boy. "Where shall I find a little red house with no doors and no windows and a star inside?" Granny was knitting a red mitten, and when she heared the little boy's question, she laughed so cheerily that the wool ball rolled of her lap and down the little pebbly path. "I should like to find that little house myself," she chuckled. " I would be warm when the frosty night comes and the starlight would be prettier than a candle. But ask the wind who blows about so much and listens at all the chimneys. Perhaps the wind can direct you." So the little boy took off his cap and tipped it politely to the Granny and went on up the hill rather sorrowfully. He wondered if his mother, who usually knew almost everything had perhaps made a mistake. The wind was coming down the hill as the little boy climbed up. As they met, the wind turned about and went along, singing beside the little boy. It whistled in his ear, and pushed him and dropped a pretty leaf into his hand. "I wonder," thought the little boy, after they had gone along together for awhile, "if the wind could help me find a little red house with no doors and no windows a star inside." The wind cannot speak in our words, but it went singing ahead of the little boy until it came to an orchard. There it climbed up in the apple tree and shook the branches. When the little boy caught up there at his feet lay a great rosy apple. The little boy picked the apple. It was as much as his two hands could hold. It was red as the sun had been able to paint it, and the thick brown stem stood up as straight as a chimmey, and it had no doors and no windows. Was there a star in side? The little boy called to the wind, "Thank you," and the wind whistled back, "You're welcome." Then the little boy gave the apple to his mother. His mother took a knife (AT THIS POINT , START CUTTING AN APPLE CROSSWISE) and cut the apple through the center. Oh, how wonderful! There inside the apple, lay a star holding brown seeds. "It is too wonderful to eat without looking at the star, isn't it?" the little boy said to his mother. "Yes indeed," answered his mother. ~by Caroline Sherwin Bailey