IT’S APPLE PICKIN’ TIME!
Bulletin Board: “The New Crop Is In!”
Place each child’s photo in an apple that he/she painted
Books:
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
Big Red Apple by Tony Johnson
Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellog
The Story of Johnny Appleseed by Aliki
Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Hutchins
I am an Apple by Jean Marzollo
Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss
The Seasons of
Apples by Gail Gibbons
Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington
Autumn is for Apples by Michelle Knudsen
Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
POEMS AND RHYMES:
“Way Up High”
Way up high in an apple tree
Two little apples smiled down at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could.
Down came the apples.
M-m-m-m, they were good!
“Ten Rosy Apples”
Ten rosy apples high in a tree,
Safely hiding where no one can see.
When the wind goes rocking to and fro,
Ten rosy apples to the ground must go.
“Apples”
Red and juicy,shiny, sweet,
Apples you’re so good to eat.
Crisp and crunchy, healthy too.
This core is all that’s left of you!
“Apple, Apple”
(“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” tune)
Apple, apple on the tree,
I know that you are good for me.
You are fun to munch and crunch
For a snack and for my lunch.
Apple, apple on the tree,
I know that you are good for me.
"Have You Ever Seen an Apple?"
("Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?" tune)
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 green one, a gold one.
Have you ever seen an apple that grows on a tree?
"Apple Seed"
("Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" tune)
I'm a little apple seed,
Peeking through.
Please help me
And I'll help you.
Dig me a hole
And hide me away.
And I'll be an apple tree
Some fine day.
"Johnny Appleseed"
("The Muffin Man" tune)
Do you know the apple man,
The apple man, the apple man?
Do you know the apple man?
he planted apple seeds.
He wore a pot upon his head,
Upon his head, upon his head.
He wore a pot upon his head.
His name was Johnny Appleseed.
John Chapman was his real name,
Was his real name, was his real name.
John Chapman was his real name.
But we call him Johnny Appleseed.
WRITING:1. Apple Faces Book:
Here is apple happy. (Draw happy face.)
Here is apple sad. (Draw sad face.)
Here is apple sleepy. (Draw sad face.)
Here is apple mad. (Draw mad face.)
Here is apple small. (Draw small apple.)
But in a pie he’s best of all! (Draw pie.)
2. Journals- "My favorite color apple is a
_______ one."
MATH:
1. Identify the number on each apple tree and place that amount of apple counters on it.
2. Identify the number on each apple basket and place that amount of apple counters on it.
3. Estimate how many seeds are in an apple. Cut open apple and count to see.
4. Estimate circumference of apple using yarn. Graph yarn too short, too long, and just right.
5. Estimate how many apples will fit in a basket.
6. Graph apples by size or color.
SCIENCE:
1. Cut open apple to discover what is inside. Discuss what is the “star” of the apple.
2. Make applesauce, apple muffins, and/or apple juice.
3. Apple Taste Test- Graph who likes and doesn’t like apples.
4. Sequence how an apple grows (seed, tree, blossom, apple) using picture cards.
5. Apple Smile Snack- Core and slice apples. Give each child a slice and have him/her spread peanut butter on it using plastic knife or popsicle stick. Then, add mini marshmallow "teeth".
ART:
1. Apple Buddies- Cut out apple pattern. Draw facial features and glue on limbs.
2. Apple prints
3. Paper Plate Apples- Paint plate red, green, or yellow. Glue on paper stem and leaf.
4. Tissue Paper Aplle- Cover apple pattern with red, green, and yellow tissue paper squares. Cover lightly with diluted glue so tissue paper gets “shellached”.
5. Johhny Appleseed Paper Bag Puppet- Draw face on bag. Glue on pot hat. Glue on felt squares to be clothes.
6. Fingerprint Apple Tree- Children paint apples using fingerprints and red paint.
7. “The Seasons of an Apple Tree”_ Divide paper into 4 sections. Decorate a tree in each section as follows:
Fall- red, yellow, orange tissue paper “leaves”
Winter- cottonball “snow”
Spring- pink tissue paper “blossoms”
Summer- green torn paper “leaves” and rolled red tissue paper “apples”
