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Aa

•Big letter A with ants:
Cut out a big letter A shape for each child and let them make ant prints 
all
over it with their fingerprints and and a stamp pad. Let them use small 
tip
markers to draw in some legs
    
•Alligator
Make an alligator out of playdough - pinch and poke to make an alligator 
shape
and let it dry.
    
•Make an ark
Cut out two large boat shapes and punch holes around sides and bottom. 
With
shoe laces or yarn (ends previously dipped in glue and dried or wrapped
tightly with tape) lace the two boat pieces together. Make a rainbow 
shape for
the top to fit on like a handle. Let the children color with 
watercolors,
markers or crayons. Staple or glue (or both) to the top of the ark. Fill 
with
animal crackers.
    
•A is for Apples
Cut out an A shape from green paper.  Have the children glue red circles 
to
the shape or dip their finger in red paint and put red prints on the 
letter A.
    
•A is for Alligator
Put the letter A on its side and add teeth and an eye to make an 
alligator.
Make pretend accordions with the children, and try to find someone to 
come in
and play a real one for the children.  The accordion would be the A cut 
in
half down the middle and then a piece of fan folded paper glued between 
the
two halves.
    
•Acorns
Encourage the children to collect acorns to bring to school.  On a sheet 
of
heavy paper, make a very large A with a heavy glue line.  Invite the 
children
to arrange the acorns aong the glue line to make an "Acorn A"
Explain that an acorn is a seed and, if planted may grow into a might 
oak
tree.  Help the children plant some acorns and see what happens.
    
•Acorn Squash
Show the children an acorn squash.  Put an acorn and the acorn squash 
side-by-
side.  Discus how the acorn and acorn squash are alike and different.  
Ask the
children how they think an acorn squash got its name.  Help the children 
see
that an acorn squash is shaped like an acorn.  Use the squast to make 
A-Okay
Acorn Squash - Cut an acorn squash in half lengthwise, scoop out seeds 
and
pulp.  Put the squash face down in a baking pan - pour in about 1/2" of 
water.
Bake at 375 for 25 min. The squash is done when the flesh is soft.  Pour 
the
water out and turn the squash over.  Put a little butter and brown sugar 
over
the squash.  Add cinnamon or nutmeg. Put the squash back in the oven 
until the
butter has melted.
    
•Acrobatics
Invite the children to perform acrobatic feats.  Arrange a field trip to 
a
gym.  Put down a gym mat and encourage the children to do somersualts, 
head
stands, back bends, bridges, rocking horses, etc...- sponser a 
gymnastics
meet.
    
•I Know My Address!
Encourage each child to memorize his or her address.  Draw and cut out a 
large
construction paper house to place on a bulletin board.  Then, as the 
children
memorize their addresses, invite each child to pin his or her name and 
address
on the house shape. Invite the children to sing their addresses to the 
tune of
"rain, rain, go away"  for examples see "My Name and Address from Wee 
Sing
Children's songs and fingerplays)
    
•Airplane
Read Paper Airplane by Fulvio Testa. Make simple paper airplanes.  
Sponsor a
flying contest.  (check with airlines - they may donate "junior wings")
Make an airplane using papertowel and toilet paper tubes
    
Take a field trip to watch the airplanes land and take off.  (some 
airports
will allow children to tour the airport and look inside a plane)
    
Read Curious George at the Airport, Airplanes and Airport or The Little
Airplane.  Invite the children to pretend to be airplane.
    
•Alphabet
Play Alphabet Bingo - easy to make - match upper case to lower case, 
etc.. -
first child to cover the card yells "Bingo"
    
•Aluminum
Cut aluminum foil into long strips  Have the children use scissors to 
snip the
strips into small squares.  One a sheet of construction paper, make a 
large
letter A with a heavy glue line.  Invite the children to place the 
aluminum
squares along the glue line to make an Aluminum A.  Explain the use of
aluminum foil.
    
•Angel
Cut an isosceles triangle, two rectangles, and a circle from 
construction
paper for each child.  Or have the children trace around patters and cut 
their
own shape.  Show children how to arrange the shapes to make an angel.  
Have
the children glue the angels to a 1/2 sheet of construction paper.
    
•Animals
Mount pictures of animals on tagboard.  Encourage children to sort the
pictures into farm, pet and zoo categories.
    
Play "who am I"  Give the children clues about an animal and let them 
guess
which animal you are describing.
    
Eat animal crackers - have the children identify the animal as they eat
    
Take a field trip to the zoo, a farm, the pet store, etc...  One day 
before
the trip, ask the children to predict which animals they might see.  
Write
each animal they name on a chart of paper.  When you return from the 
trip,
help the children make another list of the animals they actually saw - 
compare
the lists.
    
•Ants
If possible, set up an ant farm.
Teach the children to sing "The Ants Go Maching"
    
•Apples
Give each child an apple.  Ask them to describe the apple using all 
their
senses except taste.  Then cut the apple in half - explain that they 
grow from
seeds.  Point out the various parts - invite them to count the seeds - 
cut the
apple into bite size pieces - let them eat a piece and describe how the 
apple
tastes.
    
•Apple Tree with Sponge Painting
Draw a large tree on craft paper - cut a sponge into round pieces and 
attaa
clothespin to the back of each piece.  Give each child a clothespin 
sponge to
dip into red tempera paint and dab on the tree to look like apples.
    
•Taste Apples
Try different types of apples such as green Granny Smith and Red 
Delicious
apples.  Invite the children to sample each kind of apple - take a 
survey -
    
•Printing With Apples
Make apple prints - cut apples in half crossways and point out the 
inside -
help the children use a brush and tempra paint to paint the apple read - 
make
a print - or on large butcher paper on the floor - draw a large A - let 
the
children take turns printing apples along the outline of the A.
    
•Print Apple Shapes
Set out corks and shallow containers filled with red tempera paint.  
Give each
child an apple tree shape cut out of construction paper.  Let the 
children use
the round ends of the corks to print "apples" on their tree shapes.  
After the
paint has dried, use the prints for counting.
    
•Apple Collage
Give each child a small paper plate and a piece of red paper.  Let the
children tear their papers into small pieces.  Then have them glue the 
pieces
all over their paper plates.  Add green paper stems and use the "apples" 
as
room decorations.
    
•Fingerpaint Apples
Cut large apple shapes out of white butcher paper.  Give each child an 
apple
shape and a small amount of red fingerpaint.  Let the children paint the 
apple
shapes.  Attach precut green leaves to the top of each apple when the 
shapes
have dried.
    
•Ant
Use 3 sections of a cardboard egg carton to form the body of an ant - 
have the
children paint it and add - using pipe cleaners - on the first section
antennas and on the back two sections eight legs (4 each section) and 
draw
eyes on the front section
    
•Airplane
Use 2 paper towel rolls and one toilet paper roll.  On one of the paper 
towel
rolls measure down about 3" and cut 1/2 way through - then measure 
another
(slightly less) 2" and cut 1/2 way through - remove this section - glue 
the
second paper towel roll cross ways in this section (for wings) - cut a 
1/8"
slit in the opposite end of the first tube - smash the toilet paper roll
slightly and slip into the slit - glue.  Paint your airplane - use craft
sticks to form an X - paint them white and glue to the front of the 
airplane
for a propeller - break another craft stick in half and insert them in 
the
tube under the wings for landing gear.
    
•“A” Learning Center
Set up an apple activity center.  Provide a variety of items for the 
children
to explore such as red, green, and yellow apples; apple seeds to examine 
with
a magnifying glass; and foods made with apples (applesauce, dried 
apples,
apple juice).
    
•The letter "A"
Introduce the letter "A" to the children by showing them the written 
word
"Apple" and helping them to see that it begins with an "A".  Cut a large 
apple
shape out of paper and write the letter "A" on it.  Have the children 
tear or
cut out magazine pictures beginning with the letter"A" and then glue the
pictures on the apple shape.
    
•Apple Counting Game
Glue a felt tree shape to each of five cardboard squares.  Write a 
number from
1 to 5 under each tree.  Cut fifteen apple shapes out of felt.  To play 
the
game, have the children take turns identifying the numbers below the 
trees and
placing the corresponding number of apples on them.
    
•Numbered Apples
Make a felt apple tree and ten felt apples and place the tree on a
flannelboard.  Number the apples from 1 to 10.  Let each child in turn 
choose
an apple, identify the number on it and place the apple on the tree.  
When all
the apples are on the tree, count them as a group.
    
•Avocado
Get several avacados.  Cut them open to remove the pits. Help the 
children
plant the pits - stick three toothpicks in the sides of each pit evenly
spaced.  Fill a small glass with water - set the pits on the glas so 
that the
pointed end of the avacado pit is in the water - watch the root of the 
avacado
grow.  Replant in loose soil.
    
•Avacado Dip
Make guacamole
    
•“Awesome A” Booklist
Read the Avocado Baby by John Burningham
The Animal - by Lorna Balian
    
•Apple Trees
Have the children paint apple trees using green, red, and brown tempera 
paint
and pieces of sponge. Have each child tell something about their 
painting.
Write out what the children say in their own words, then have them find 
and
circle the letter As that appear in their recitations.
    
•Accordion Folding
Teach the children to make accordion folds. Have each child create 
something
that makes use of the accordion fold, such as a bird with wings, a woman
wearing a skirt or a simple paper fan.
    
•Alligators
Let the children pretend to be Alligators in a swamp. Call "Alligators 
Go!"
and "Alligators Stop!" When the Alligators are all going, they make the 
short
sound of the letter A. When they are stopped, they are very quiet.
    
•Alphabet Appetizer: Apple Animals
Slice apples horizontally so that each apple gives you four of five 
slices.
Give each child one slice (be sure to remove seeds). Have the children 
dry the
top of the slice with a paper towel and have them spread peanut butter 
or
cream cheese on the slice to make an animal face using raisins, peanuts,
sesame seeds, or fruit pieces. Chow mein noodles make wonderful 
whiskers.
    
• Picking up an "A"
(tune:  The Paw Paw Patch)
Picking up an "A" and putting in the basket,
Picking up an "A" and putting in the basket,
Picking up an "A" and putting in the basket,
Way down younder in the letter patch.
(Write alabhabet letters on index cards & have a basket in the center 
of a
corcle)
     
• Apple sauce:
We make applesauce. I peel, they chop, cook in the crock pot, add 
cinnamon red
hots for flavor.
    
• Individual Apple Pies:
ready-made pie crust (the kind that comes packaged flat in the dairy 
case)
canned apple pie filling . Have each child cut out two large circles of 
pie
crust (using a large, round cookie cutter or a large plastic  drinking 
cup).
Put a spoonful of pie filling in the middle of one circle. Place the 
second
dough circle on top.  Use a fork to crimp the edges and pierce a few 
holes in
the top to allow steam to escape. Bake in a toaster  oven 10-15 minutes 
or
until brown.
    
Optional: You can use cherry filling and do this for George Washington's
birthday (if you are perpetuating  that cherry tree myth (-:). I have 
also
used this for Valentine's day along with the Queen of Hearts nursery  
rhyme.
    
• Apple Honey Grahams
Apples
Graham crackers
Peanut butter
Optional: honey
Give each child a slice of apple and a table knife for dicing the apple.
Spread a graham cracker slice with  peanut butter. Add honey, if you 
like.
sprinkle diced apples on top.
     
• Apple Sandwiches
Apples
Peanut butter
Slice apples the "round way" so that a star is formed in the center. 
Spread a
slice with peanut butter and top  with a second slice to form a 
sandwich. (You
won't need to core the apples if the slices are thin.) You can use
the leftover end pieces for making applesauce or for dicing on the apple
grahams described above.
    
•"Applesauce"
For each quart of peeled and sliced apples, add: -1 cup water -1/2 cup 
sugar
-1 tsp.  lemon juice -1/4 tsp. cinnamon -pinch of salt Cook until 
tender. Mash
apples with a potato masher or  electric mixer. Add more sugar if 
needed.
Serve cold.
     
•"Dried Apple Rings" - Peel, core, and cut apples into rings. Dip in 
salted
water for 15 minutes. Dry for  two weeks.
    
•"Apple Ring Sandwiches" - Peel, core, and cut apples into rings. Spread 
with:
- peanut butter and bananas slices OR - cream cheese and raisins OR - 
granola
mixed with honey OR - cheese spread or a slice of cheese. Cover the 
first
apple ring with another apple ring to make a sandwich.
•"Apple Juice" -1/2 cup seeded apples -1 cup water -1 tsp. sugar Blend 
the
ingredients in a blender.  Serve chilled.
    
•Pictures of different varieties of apples.
    
•Graphing favorite color apples
    
•Label a bulletin board:
"Apeeeeling Work"   "You are the Apple of my Eye"
    
•Apple estimation vs marble estimation: try to estimate how many seeds 
are in
an apple and how  many marbles are in a clear jar....which is easier to
estimate?? why?
    
•Apple circumference - measure the circumference of different sized
apples..line up the apples from  biggest to smallest
    
•make caramel apples
    
•try different types of apples (apple tasting party) have dried apples,
applesauce, apple juice, fresh apple,  apple pie--which do they like the
best?? graph the results
    
•make sequence cards for the kids - seeds, tree w/ flower, tree w/ 
apples,
basket of apples, apple pie
     
•BOOKS
Red Is An Apple and The Little Red House (both are teacher made big 
books from
The Color Box)
Bourgeois, "The Amazing Apple Book"
Caseley, "An Apple Pie and Onions"
Dodd, "The Apple Tree"
Eberle, "Apple Orchard"
Gibbons, "The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree"
Gleitner, "Johnny Appleseed"
Greenaway, "A Apple Pie"
Greene, "John Chapman: The Man Who Was Johnny Appleseed"
Heuck, "Who Stole the Apples?"
Johnson, "From Appleseeds to Applesauce"
Kellogg, "Johnny Appleseed"
Lindbergh, "Johnny Appleseed"
McMillan, "Apples: How They Grow"
Maestro, "How Do Apples Grow?"
Micucci, "The Life and Times of the Apple"
Noble, "Apple Tree Christmas"
Norman, "Johnny Appleseed"
Nottridge, "Apples"
Parnall, "Apple Tree"
Rockwell, "Apples and Pumpkins"
Scheer, "Rain Makes Applesauce"
Schneiper, "An Apple Tree Through the Year"
Selsam, "The Apple and Other Fruit"
Watson, "Tom Fox and the Apple Pie"
    
•Read about Johnny Appleseed, then children make appleseed envelopes for 
a
friend (with appleseeds  inside to plant)
    
•Sing Apples and Bananas
    
•Each child brings an apple. We count, sort, and graph them on a big 
floor
graph. We weigh some of  them using a balance scale and teddy bear 
counters.
    
•The kids tell me words to describe apples and I write them on a big 
apple
shaped chart.
    
•I tell the story of the Little Red House before I use the big book. If 
anyone
is not familiar, I will type it  out for you. It has been around for 
years. My
kids also make small copies of the big book. This is from  The Color 
Box, too.
We make an apple : kids cut out a big apple shape from red construction 
paper,
a  smaller one from white and this one is glued on the red one. Draw 
seeds and
add construction paper  stem and leaf.
    
•Another fun apple activity is to have the children estimate how many 
bites it
will take to get to the  core of an apple. They can count as they eat!
    
•This is done in pairs with one child behind the other. The one in back 
does
the work, then they can  reverse directions, and repeat with the other 
child
doing the "work".
Criss-cross applesauce (make an X on the child's back)
Spiders crawling up your spine (finger walk up child's spine)
Cool breeze (blow on child's neck)
Tight squeeze (gently squeeze the child's shoulders)
Now you've got the chillies! (You get a funny feeling like goosebumps)
    
•Apple Divider Art (taken from the book "Oodles and Doodles of 
Art'-Siegler &
Torgenson, Teaching  & Learning Company,1994...this is a GREAT book for 
hands-
on, process-oriented art experiences) -
Collect paper apple dividers from grocery store, gather glue and tempera
paint. Authors say there are  several ways to use items: (1) mix paint 
with
the glue and then let students drizzle on the inside of the  dividers or 
(2)
have students paint outside of the apple dividers with lots of different
colors. Authors  suggest also using dividers for collages with various
materials added.
    
•Magic Picture - Make a stencil for apples and worms and let the student 
make
a rubbing over the  stencil with crayons to make the magic picture 
appear.
    
•Let the students draw a picture of a tree and then allow them to place 
their
thumb on a red stamp pad  (washable). Next, have them stamp their thumb 
print
on their tree and then they draw green leaves.  Can be done individually 
or as
a group for a mural. Allow your students access to collage materials to 
see
what they can create. You could have students write/dictate a stories, 
write
the various numbers of  apples they stamped, or write simple sentences 
like "I
see ___ apples" for a class book.
    
•Have the students work in small groups to design their own 'Mini Apple
Orchard". Fill a pan with  dirt, twigs, toy tractors, green sponges for 
apple
trees with red tissue for apples, or anything the  children can come up 
with
as ideas for their orchards.
    
•Make Dried Apple Wreaths. (Note: Directions on how to make dried apples
follows in cooking). Cut a  wreath shape from cardboard. Glue dried 
apples
rings around the wreath overlapping them. Gather  some dried flowers & 
leaves
to fill in the wreath. Add a bow at the top if you like.
    
•We read Apples on Top (a Dr. Suess book). Apples on top project: (great 
for
beginning of year to get to  know names) -Cut out a skin colored oval 
out of
construction paper -Color in face -Glue googly eyes  and yarn for hair. 
Cut
several pieces of 12x18 white construction paper in half On the top of 
each
write  "4 Apples on top of Jill" or whatever the child's name Make apple
prints (apple cut in half) to make  the appropriate number of apples for 
each
letter of the child's name. Hand them around the  name ....looks great 
for
displaying a piece of work from everyone at Open House!
    
•apple name tags and apple name plates
    
•Apple Poem
Apples big,
Apples small.
Guess what?
I like them all.
     
•Apple Prints: I have discovered a few things about doing apple prints 
so they
come out looking like  apples and not just circles. Cut the apples the 
day
before you will use them for printing. Also, it is  helpful to put the 
paint
on a piece of paper towel in a tray. It becomes more like a stamp pad 
and the
apples print better.
    
•Anna Has
Anna has a big red apple.
Anna has a little axe. (Aussie spelling)
Anna has an old ship's anchor,
Hanging near the kitchen steps.
Why does Anna have an apple?
Why does Anna have an axe?
Why does Anna have an anchor,
Hanging near the kitchen steps?
    
•ANTS
Cut about 4 shapes of picnic foods 1-4" in size from construction pater. 
I use
a chicken leg, cookie,  strawberry, and a watermelon slice. Using 
plastic
ants, see how many ants it takes to cover each food  and record answer.
    
•***I'm an Ant***
I'm an ant
and a gi-ant
I'm a gi-ant
to an ant
but
I'm an ant
to a gi-ant
Pam Brewster (age 11)
    
•ants on a log snack (peanut butter, raisins, and either celery or 
apples)
•ant books (book cut in the shape of an ant - one page per line) kids
illustrate
    
•Ants on a picnic Ants on a tree Ants on candy Ants on me!!!
    
•Read a non fiction ants book, then graph if children would like to be 
the
worker ant, queen ant, or guard ant
    
•**make ants with fingerprints - this is good reinforcement for three 
parts to
their body
    
•get an ant farm (available for just a few dollars at most nature type 
stores)
    
•measure with construction paper ants (this book is __ ants long)
     
•make an ant hill, and children use plastic ants or paper ants to do 
word math
problems (there were 2  ants on the hill...2 more came....how many all
together..)
     
•make an ant memory game (cut out ants from paper, on one side draw 
pictures
of things that begin  with Aa - in sets of two - then play a memory 
game)
     
•sing "The Ants Go Marching"
    
•I Can't Said the Ant - this is a great rhyming book - make up more 
pages in
the shape of a big ant to  make a class ant book with different 
rhymes...let
children illustrate
    
•Have an ant hunt....go outside with magnifying glasses and hunt for 
ants
    
•Have children write an Aa for each ant they see - count the number of 
Aa's at
the end to see how many ants the kids found - graph the results of make 
a
class total by grouping in rows of ten and counting by tens
    
•Ants Live Here
Ants live here
by the curb side,
see?
They worry a lot
about giants like
me.
    
•Once I Saw An Anthill
Once I saw an anthill
With no ants about;
So I said, "Dear little ants
Won't you please come out?"
Then as if the little ants
Had heard my call,
One, two, three, four, five came out,
And that was all.
    
•I also teach song Aiken Drum for A. On chart paper draw a big circle 
with a
line straight down from it  (looks like a lollipop). Turn it different 
ways
and ask the kids to guess what it is. Then sing song. You  also need to 
make
from construction paper : 2 apples, a slice of pizza, 2 bananas, 2 ears 
of
corn, 2  carrots. Add the features as you sing the song. There was a man 
lived
in the moon, in the moon, in  the moon. There was a man lived in the 
moon and
his name was Aiken Drum. His eyes were made of  apples,  apples, apples. 
His
eyes were made of apples and his name was Aiken Drum. His nose was  made 
of
pizza, pizza, pizza, His nose was made of pizza and his name was Aiken 
Drum.
You get the  idea. His ears were made of corn, his arms were made of 
bananas,
and his legs were made of carrots.  Later kids work in groups to make 
new
versions of Aiken Drum and you can sing about their  versions.
    
•Arrange for an ambulance to visit the school.
    
•Learn about the following people: acrobats, astronauts, athletes etc
    
•Eat avocados, apricots, almonds, alfalfa.......
    
•Learn to play the accordion (just kidding!!)
    
•Study aquariums, Australia, atlases, asteroids, abacus',
    
•Absorption--do a project with different materials in a pan of water and 
talk
about absorption
    
•Have kids write their names using Alphabits cereal
    
•alphabet books
    
•address books
    
•Fun 'A' rhyme
Alan's had an accident.
An ant bit his ankle.
Send for the ambulance!
Alan's ankle is aching.
    
•Anteaters always eat African ants after April.
    
•Annabel Amelia Ann
Annabel Amelia Ann
Snatched my fan and off she ran,
I shall catch you if I can,
Annabel Amelia Ann.
    
•How about a class writing activity called "Amazing Feats" or something
similar? Each child could be  given a template saying "I am amazing 
because I
can________" (count to 100, tie my shoes, say my address,etc) Students 
could
illustrate and it could be made into a book if desired. It also could be 
done
as a slide show using Monstrous Media or Kid Pix Studio. I also let the
students create"stamp collages"  in Kid Pix. They type the uppercase and
lowercase letter that we are studying and then stamp as many  pictures 
they
can find that make that beginning sound. Some like to go to the word 
wall and
find a  picture card that begins with the letter and type that too. It 
makes a
nice center activity because it can be  done independently.
    
    
•Have kids cut out a traced letter A from construction paper...go 
through
magazines and glue pictures of animals on the Aa **
    
•Alligator & Five monkeys song......make a teacher made pond with a
tree...laminate.....make an alligator puppet  and five monkeys (with 
numbers
1-5 on them).....laminate, then attach all the animals to the picture  
with
velcro....children can act out the song using the alligator puppet and 
snatch
the monkeys out of  the tree....extend by doing subtraction problems 
with them
(there were five monkeys, the alligator  snatched one away, how many are
left?? 5-1=4)
    
•We make alligator visors and alligators out of clothe pins painted 
green with
yellow tiny pom poms  for bumps down the back
     
•we also sing The Alligator Song The Alligator is my friend, he can be 
your
friend too If only you would understand that he has feelings too The 
alligator
laughs and sings, he never cries the blues I'd rather have him on my 
shirt
than have him for my shoes Alligator, alligator,, can be your friend, 
can be
your friend, can be your friend too!
    
•African Animals
Giraffe are tall, with necks so long.
Elephants' trunks are big and strong.
Zebras have stripes and can gallop away,
While monkeys in the trees do sway.
Old crocodile swims in a pool so deep,
Or lies in the sun and goes to sleep.
•we first take a trip to an apple orchard where we pick apples, and 
return to
the classroom to make applesauce.  We do appleprinting by cutting the 
apple so
the "star" shows.  Then kids print with red paint on white paper.  They 
are
always amazed when the star appears!
     
• We make apple muffins, and apple smiles.  If you don't know what apple
smiles are, you cut wedges of apple with the skins on.  On one wedge, 
put
peanut butter.    Then put mimi-marshmallows on the peanut butter and 
cover
with another apple wedge.  The kids love making and eating this snack!
     
• We make apple finger cubes:
Pour 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin into a bowl.  Add 2 cups boiling 
water.
Stir until gelatin is dissolved.  Ass one 6 oz can apple juice 
concentrate.
Pour mixture into a lightly greased 9"x13" pan and chill.  Cut in 
squares to
serve.
     
• We play "Pass the Apple"  (like hot potato), when the music stops and 
the
child is holding the apple, he goes into the "applepot" (the center of 
the
circle).  When all the "apples" are in the pot, we make applesauce, 
stir, add
sugar, add cinnamon, taste, etc.  Kids giggle a lot when they have to 
start
jiggling and boiling.
    
     
• A Little Apple Seed
(Tune: Eensy, Weensy Spider)
     
Once a little appleseed was planted in the ground
Down came the raindrops, falling all around.
Out came the big sun, bright as bright could be
And that little apple seed grew to be an apple tree!
• Apples Are Falling
(Tune: Are You Sleeping?)
     
Apples are falling, apples are falling
From the tree, from the tree.
Pick up all the apples, pick up all the apples,
One. two, three; one, two,. three.
(Use appropriate motions for actions)
     
• Two Little Apples
     
Two little apples hanging on a tree
Two little apples smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came the apples
Mmmm were they good!
     
• The Acorn Song
     
I"m a little acorn round
Lying on the cold, cold ground.
Everybody steps on me,
That's why I"m cracked you see
I"m a nut (knock-knock on head), I"m a nut (knock, knock on head)
I'm nutty!
     
• All About Me
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle)
     
Let me tell you all about me
I am special, you will see.
I can count and run and sing,
I can do most anything!
Let me tell you all about me,
I am special, now you see.
(Go around circle and let each child do something special that only he 
can do)