Smart Apples

This week was a short week but very busy. We continued our study on apples. We used the balance to predict how many blocks equal an apple? We described the inside and made predictions of how many seeds were inside of an apple?  At science table, we continued following simple apple patterns and sorting apples by color. At art table, we continued practicing our fine motor skills by using scissors to cut apple cut outs. These fine motor activities help the children to develop eye coordination and strengthen the hands muscle that will improve the pencil grasp and their ability to write. At sensory table, the children experimented with oatmeal, tongs and pom-poms. We encourage children to sort them by color. At literacy, the children continued learning about letters, they are beginning to recognize uppercase and lowercase letters and their sound. At dramatic play, we are encouraging the children to play together and work together in one play scheme such as: bake a pie together, set...

This week was all about Apples! We started our study on Apples, Fall and Pumpkins. This week, we discussed what we knew about apples, described the outside of an apple and made predictions about if apples sink or float. We found apples can float because 25% of their volume is air. Apples are less dense than water, so they float! We transformed our dramatic area into an orchard. The children pretended to pick apples, sort them and count them. Also, they pretended to bake apple pies. At the sensory table, the children used spoons, muffin pans and plastic balls. They pretended to catch apples. This is a great activity to help children to improve eye-hand coordination.  At science, we tasted different apples. The class favorite apple is red. Also, we sorted apples and created AB patterns.  At math and manipulatives, the children used scoops and scissors to sort pom-poms and count them 1:1 correspondence and used snap cubes to create an apple. Also, the children are makin...