This week we will be focusing our 5 Senses on apples. What do we see when we look at an apple, what do we hear when we bite into an apple, what do we taste when we eat one? What does an apple smell like when we cook it for applesauce? When eating applesauce or a whole apple you can talk about how the texture is different between the two. The children will be making applesauce and exploring the difference between fresh, crisp apples and warm, cooked apples. Yum!
At home you can talk to them about the apple trees in the neighborhood, the apples they see in the grocery stores and at the market. Ask them if all apples are the same color, if they like them crunchy or soft, what shape do they think an apple is and help them identify seeds/stem/skin.
We will be singing:
Way Up High in a Tree
Way up high, in a tree, two littles apples smiled at me.
So I shook that tree as hard as I could.
Down came the apples, mmmm good.
Twinkle Twinkle Traffic Light
Twinkle twinkle traffic light Round the corner shining bright
Red means stop, green means go, yellow means – very slow.
Twinkle twinkle traffic light Round the corner shining bright.
(Then we will sing it ‘silly’ Twinkle Twinkle APPLE light)
Have You Ever Seen an Apple
Have you ever seen an apple, an apple, an apple,
Have you ever seen an apple, that grows on a tree?
A red one, a yellow one, a red one, a green one.
Have you ever seen an apple, that grows on a tree?
Have you ever had an apple, an apple, an apple?
Have you ever had an apple and heard it go ‘crunch’?