| Activity Ideas: Apple Lacing Materials: Construction paper or foam, hole punch, yarn, scissors and tape. Directions: Make an apple for each child. Have red, green and yellow apples with leaves on them and put holes all around the apple. Give each child some yarn and ask them to lace around the apple (put tape on each end of the string to make it easier for them to lace the apple). Recipe: Dry Apple Rings Peel, core, and cut apples into rings. Dip into salted water for 15 minutes. Dry for two weeks. Eat! Recipe: Apple Smiles Cut washed apples. Spread peanut butter on one side of the slice. Place mini marshmallows on the peanut butter (teeth). Place another peanut butter apple slice on top to complete your smiling apple mouth. Crock Pot Apple Sauce Cut up apples and place them in a crock pot on high. I pour in 1/4 cup water and add 1 cup sugar, 2 tsp. cinnamon. Apple Play Dough Use red, yellow, and green colored play dough, adding cinnamon spice to it. Lay out apple cookie cutters and tools. Show the children how to create a play dough ball to resemble an apple. Add a pipe cleaner for a worm! Stained Glass Apples Materials: contact paper or waxed Paper, red tissue paper or construction paper Directions: Use contact paper (or glue and wax paper) cut out as apples. Add torn pieces of red tissue or construction paper. After they have dried hang them in the window to make a beautiful collage. Welcoming Autumn Cover a door with white mural paper. Then using an apple shaped sponge, dab on red, yellow, and green apples. Allow to dry. Lacing Apples Cut several apple shapes from tag board. Use a hole punch to place holes as indicated on the pattern. Allow the children to lace the apples using shoelaces or blunt plastic needles and yarn. Apple Trees Paint arm just above wrist and hand with brown paint. Press on construction paper. This is the trunk. Use finger tips dipped in green paint for leaves, then red paint for apples. Apple Board Game Draw and cut out an apple tree shape from brown and green construction paper. Laminate for durability. Cut out apple shapes from red construction paper. Make small cards and number from 1 - 5. The children can take turns choosing a card and placing the correct number of apples on the tree. Use Velcro on the back of each apple so they stick in place. Add other skills like matching different sized apples. Story of Johnny Apple seed Johnny Apple seed's real name was John Chapman. All his life, Johnny loved apples. He loved to look at them and to eat them. And he loved to take care of apple trees. Johnny also loved to travel. One day he heard that there were no apple trees out west. So he set out on foot, carrying a walking stick and wearing his cooking pot on his head. On his back he carried a bag of apple seeds. As he walked, he planted apple seeds. Behind him he left a trail of young apple trees. As time passed, people began to call him Johnny Apple seed. He was greatly loved by everyone. Measurement Cut out apples from red, yellow and green construction paper and use them to measure the height of a child. Then the top apple, add a photo of the child's face, and on the bottom apple add a photo of the child's feet. Quick Ideas - Cut open an Apple and talk about the parts of the apple (seeds, core, skin) - Talk about what is made from apples. - Color and apple and make a bendy worm that sticks out from it. - Make apples out of tissue paper. - Make numbers cards in the shape of an apple and laminate them. The seeds inside the apple represent the number written inside. Make seeds the same size and laminate them. The students match up the seeds. This can be an activity that they can do on their own. - Make a few large apples out of poster board and laminate them. Punch holes around edges and tie shoelace to one. Have the students string the shoelace through the holes. - For snack, have apples and apple juice or apple muffins and apple cider |
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| c. Marcia Arpin www.alltheDAZE.com established July, 1, 2002 |
| Bonus Ideas "The Apple" I have a little apple, red and round. On a tree it is found. If you take a bite, you will see, Just how tasty it will be. Apple Shaker Materials: Paint, Bells or Any other small noise maker (buttons, erasers, or small pebbles), poster board or Paper Plates, Ribbon Directions: Paint two pieces of apple shaped poster board (or paper plates). Then glue and staple the two pieces together (Putting Noise Maker in middle). Next attach the ribbon. Now you have a great Tambourine-like noise maker to enjoy. |
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