Today we continued learning about apples.
This morning at our Community Circle we learned an action poem about apples:
Way up high in the apple tree (reaching up high)
2 little apples smiled at me (pointing to our own smiles)
I shook the tree as hard as I could (Shaking the trunk of the tree motion)
Down came the apples (motioning our hands/arms in a downward motion)
Mmm-mmm were they good! (rubbing our tummies).
We also sang the 5 Little Pumpkin song at our Community Circle.
We re-read the story One Red Apple (By: Harriet Ziefert) today. The children read the pages, by explaining what they saw happening in the pictures. They explained the life cycle of an apple verbally. We also read the book Apples And Pumpkins (by: Anne Rockwell). In this book we learned about what an orchard. We also learned that apples grown on apple trees, but that pumpkins grown on a vine on the ground. But that both, pumpkins and apples have seeds in them, even though they don't look the same.
Science (with Preschool 3): We read the story Apple Cider Making Days (By: Ann Purmell). We learned how apple cider is made. After reading the story, we had a taste test between apple juice vs. apple cider to see what friends liked better. Apple juice won by only 1 vote.
Spanish (with Senora Mary): Today they learned that the color yellow is called amarillo in Spanish. They played assorted games and sang songs about the color. Please check your child's mailbox, as Senora Mary sent a letter home today.
Art (with Ms. Ana Staci): Please check your child's mailbox as assorted painted prints were sent home today. Please also check Ms. Ana Staci's art blog, to find out more of that the children are doing in their art class.
Today on the playground, one of the children found a snail. A few of the children thought it was a rock or a sea shell. We invited the snail in for the morning part of the day. We made him/her a small habitat in a bucket. Some of the children even named it George Party. We talked about what a snail was, its body parts and what it likes to eat. We talked about the difference between a hermit crab and a snail, as they both have shells. A snail does not move out of it's shell, but rather the shell grows with it. They are attached.
Mystery Share: Please remind your children that Mystery Share happens every day. Each child has their own specific day. That day stays the same for your child. Please see me if your child forgot which day is theirs. :)
Art & Literature Faire Update: Today we did a walk through of the book African Journey (By: John Chiasson). We looked at the photographs that were in the book. We looked at the map of Africa. We talked about how it is a country, like how we live in Massachusetts. We talked about the towns we live in and also looked at the different places that are in Africa. We talked about how the people, their homes and their communities were similar, but also different than ours.