All Things Red...Apples & Fire Safety

The last two weeks seemed to have flown by and I am just now getting a chance to update you on all the fun things we have been doing in the classroom. Hopefully you have been hearing about them at home and seeing pictures on here is just a way to revisit our fun learning experiences.

We spent a week learning about apples and all they have to offer. The children already knew so much about different kinds of apples, what to do with the seeds and even what yummy things you can bake with apples. It was amazing.

We did an apple taste test, with Granny Smith being the favorite apple of choice by almost everyone which was a total surprise if you can have seen their puckery faces as they tried this one.

  

We worked on fine motor skills by lacing worms through apples with the corresponding number. Everyone loved the slimy feel of the worms and was able to take a turn lacing,  sorting and making patterns with  all the different colored worms.  

As a cooking experience we went over to the kitchen in the gym building and made apple bundles, which are small individual sized apple pies. The children were able to use an apple peeler, slicer, corer to get the apples ready for our bundles. We even were able to get the peel off one apple in one long string that was long enough for all of us to hold at once. 

After apples we dove into another red topic with our Fire Safety Week October 11-14th. We learned about Firemen being helpers in the community as well as what to do in case of a fire. 

The children really loved role playing as a fireman with the fire truck that we had in our classroom. We sure put out a lot of fires this week. :-) 

We read the book Stop, Drop and Roll and sang a song about what to do if we catch on fire. They brought home their fire on Wednesday and hopefully were able to tell you what we did with it in the classroom. :-)

We also painted "fire" using yellow and orange paint. We used a plastic wrap technique that kept everyone's hands clean and made for some pretty happy painters. 

With the rainy weather we played in the gym building instead of the playground. The children had a great time, bouncing on the hoppy balls, building blocks, throwing balls and just running and having fun. 

We had a great week! Hopefully on Tuesday we will have a visit from the real firemen and firetruck and the children can WOW them with all they have learned and know about fire safety.