Apple Fun!

Yikes, has it been a busy week!  My usual end of week post is now a beginning of the next week post!  

So, anyway, last week we had tons of fun with apples!  

We worked on sorting apples by size.  If you'd like a copy of this activity, made by my friend Lola at Preschool Wonders, (or to see her post on our apple theme) click here.  

We worked on position words with Wiggle's Apple Book, which you can download for free on TPT by clicking here.  

We practiced cutting and spelling our names.

We used this apple tree freebie from TPT to practice counting.

We used this Apple Investigation form to record the color, height, and weight of our apples as well as if they had a stem or not.  We also made an apple print on them.

And what apple unit would be complete without an apple tasting?!  We tried golden delicious, red delicious, granny smith, and gala.  The red delicious were the class favorite.  We also sampled some applesauce.  And by sampled, I mean scarfed down 2/3 of a large jar.  :)

We made apples with play dough and this little darling wanted to show of his apple with his "Big Apple" t-shirt!

But, the highlight of the week was definitely Apple Fun Day!  

We climbed the apple tree and picked an apple.

We had a relay race where the kids picked up an apple with bug catcher tongs and ran them down to a basket.

We played apple baseball...

and apple hockey.

But, their favorite part was getting to throw the beat up, semi rotten apples over the fence for the critters to enjoy.  

Then we went inside and joined up with Ms. Kellie's class to make Apple Taffy Pizza.  Have you had Apple Taffy Pizza?  It's delicious, if you'd like to try it, you can get the recipe here.  

Most of the kids loved it...except this cutie.  I think the apples were a little too tart for her liking.  

Also, on a completely unrelated note, look what we noticed...This little darling and I had on matching outfits right down to the silver sandals!

And, Ms. Mary stopped by for language group.  We worked on "who," "what," and "where" while making sentences.  The kids loved making up stories about the picture cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth

Five Senses for Five for Friday!

It's time for Doodle Bugs Teaching's weekly linky party!

 

This week we learned about our five senses.  We started the week by putting together a Mr. Potato Head five senses project.  We discussed what body part was used for each sense as the little darlings assembled their projects.  Afterwards, we helped them label what each body part is used for. 

 

 

We used our sense of touch and played with shaving cream.

 

We also made scented play dough so that we could explore our sense of smell and touch.  If you'd like the recipe, click here.

 

On Wednesday, we joined up with Ms. Lola's class to test our sense of smell.  We had seven scents for the little cuties to smell and then asked them to identify the scent. 

 

With the afternoon class, we had them find the baggie with the same scent they had.  It was so much fun seeing them work together to find their partner!

We ended the week with a Five Senses Sorting worksheet.  The little darlings surprised me with how well they could identify which sense was used for each picture. 

Then, we teamed up with Ms. Lola's class to make a five senses person.  We put bells on the ears for hearing, essential oil on a cotton ball nose for smelling, licorice mouth for tasting, wiggle eyes for seeing, and sandpaper and/or textured wallpaper hands for touching.  

 

And, as our final activity, we had a taste testing!  We tried dill pickles, garlic cheese bread potato chips, radishes, Hot Tamales, Sour Patch Kids, icing, and licorice. 

 

This little cutie had a birthday this week and brought in Minion cupcakes to celebrate!  They were a big hit!

 

As you can see, it was a "Sense-ational" week!  Please forgive me for the lame pun, but I couldn't resist!  It really was a fun week! 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth