Apples

I've been channelling my inner primary teacher this month and been doing a mini "unit" on apples here with the kiddos. We've been reading about apples, apple trees, and doing all sorts of experiments, activities and crafts with apples. I snapped a few pictures but missed the "after" shots of a lot of things, because 3 kids in activity mode can lead one to forget about a camera :-)

The girls tasted 3 different apples (red, yellow and green) and then picked which one they liked the best.

On day one we read a book about apples and then made a chart talking about the parts of an apple. 

Here is our little "classroom" area. The basket is full of apple and fall themed books. The apple art project was made by Max at school. I'm hoping to fill one while side up with all of our projects, crafts and learning. Then next month we'll fill the other side with pumpkin and fall themed stuff.

Here is a before shot. The girls and I made apple muffins while Max was napping. They did almost all of the work (they even cracked the eggs) and the finished product was delicious!

Apple taste test

They tasted each apple and then circled the number with the marker of the appropriate color. Then they decided which one they liked the best. I was impressed. Alia guessed all of them correctly.

Apple stamping

This was how it started out ...

But then the big girls turned it into a lesson/experiment on mixing colors, which was also very interesting and educational!