Smart Apples

This week, we learned about leaves and how they change through the fall season. We learned that the tree stops producing chlorophyll during the fall, and the other pigments come to the leaves. The tree stops producing it because the days are short and begin to get cold. The children sorted all the items they collected around the yard or neighborhood. At the art center, the children used oil pastels to color their representation of leaves, made leaf collages, created a tree with construction paper and paint, and played with playdough. At blocks, the children built with different blocks and measured their height with blocks. At dramatic play, the children learned that some leaves are used for tea and raked leaves. At the writing table, the children matched uppercase letters by using stickers. At manipulatives, the children used stickers to make patterns. At the sensory table, the children played with leaves and letter and number rocks. The children practiced recognizing letters and writi...

This week, we continue our study on apples. We learned that apples grow on tree and they have seeds. The children made predictions how many seed will found in apple and how many blocks equal the weight of apples. We are learning the predictions making educated guesses about what will happen next, based on clues. At art center, the children use scissor to cut an apple and arrange their name, make a stained apple and play with playdough. At blocks, the children make ramp with gutter and roll apples. They found out heigh of the ramp affect the speed of the apple rolling down.  At dramatic play, the children continue pretending to pick apples, sort and count apples and bake apples pie. At sensory, the children play with oatmeal, pie pan and small apples and tongs. At science, the children the children practice apples patterns and measure their drawing with apples. At manipulate, the children draw apples patterns and make the letters L with Legos. At literacy the children sort lett...