As for our lessons, Day #1: we did grouping with apples (2 red, 2 green, 2 yellow), in which we grouped them according to color and then by size. We than talked about what we could do with them and came up with applesauce, apple juice, and apple pie! Then we read some books about apples and answered some questions about the books. We learned about Johnny Appleseed and the states he walked thru and planted apple trees in. We colored maps of those states. We made a stained glass apple, (wax paper with red tissue paper). Finally we did worksheets, one with Princess's name on it to trace and one with apples to color. Then we practiced the letter "a" by tracing it, saying it, and then words that started with "a" like "apple".
Day #2: we were at home for this lesson and we started by painting with apples using apples cut in half with some paint to see the different textures. We painted on paper plates to make tamborines. We then read 4 books more books about apples and answered some book specific questions. We were then supposed to make the apple paintings into apple tamborines with seeds in the middle of two paper plates, but the paint was not dry. We went to our next activity of cooking an apple pie for daddy. Then we went back to the table and worked on the name worksheet again and some red circle worksheets.
All in all I guess it was productive, but I did not feel as prepared for my first week of teaching as I would have liked to. I think in my scheduling I should have given myself this week off b/c of returning from camping, teaching school and then turning around and leaving for Maine was a bit much in my schedule! Ah well, teach and learn
Princess #2 at MomMom's house making playdough apples
Princess #2 painting with apples
Painting (her favorite activity)
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