I read lots and lots of apple books. We sing tons of apple songs. We play with apples, paint with apples,, make our own apples, etc. Apples take over our classroom and I am perfectly fine with that.
We start off by making a KWL chart all about apples. Of course, it has to be apple shaped!
Here's a picture of my own little cutie pie, Crazy Boy, reading a Scooby Doo apple book to the Kindergarteners. Here you can see the KWL chart behind him so you get a feel for it.
We explored the inside and outside and described it. Adjectives, baby!
We then made lots of learning crafts. How does an apple grow?
I love, love, love decorating our windows with "stained glass".
The seasons of an apple tree.
Making applesauce!
Seeds!
Johnny Appleseed Kids! What a poser. :)
Parts of an apple.
All of our beautiful apple stuff decorating the hallway.
I would love to go to an apple orchard at the end of all this fun, but nope! We go to the pumpkin patch. Which brings us in to learning all about pumpkins. Then comparing apples and pumpkins. Eating pumpkins. Etc, Etc, Etc. So much learning can happen while incorporating a specific subject across the whole curriculum.
Sequencing pumpkin growth.
Fruit is awesome!
Be fun and fabulous!
~Mrs. Sweeney
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