Apple Story Time: October 15, 2019

Books:
All for Pie, Pie for All by David Martin
From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
The Starry Giraffe by Andy Bergman *
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson *
Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss *

Craft: Standing Apple Tree
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The children colored a quarter sheet of cardstock, rolled, and glued it to make into a tree trunk.  I then cut two slits in the top of the roll.  The kids then colored a cloud shape and glued on red tissue paper pieces as apples.  This makes the tree top.  The top was slid into the slits so the tree could stand.

Extension Activities:
- Conduct a taste test.  Try several different types of apples to see which your child/family likes best.
- Visit an apple farm to pick apples.

Apple Story Time: October 16-17, 2017

Books:
Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray
Chicka Chicka 123 by Bill Martin Jr.
From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky *
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson *
Ten Apples Up on Top! by Theo LeSieg*
The Terrible Plop by Ursula Durbosarsky

Craft: Apple
This weeks' craft was based on the picture above.  The children colored pre-cut apple tops and bottoms, leaf and stem.  They then glued them to ends three jumbo craft sticks making up the apple core.  Seeds could be colored on to the craft sticks.

Literacy Extensions:
- Go on a field trip to pick apples.
- Try different types of apples and see which kinds are your family's favorites.


Notes:
We found that the craft was easier to make if we taped the craft sticks together so they didn't move around while working with them.  We used masking tape at the top and bottom to tape them together.

Fall Story Times -- Apples: October 7-8, 2013

Books:
Ducking for Apples by Lynne Berry
Johnny Appleseed by Jodie Shepherd
Max & Mo Go Apple Picking by Patricia Lakin
Ned's New Home by Kevin Tseng *
Ten Apples Up on Top by Theo. LeSieg (Dr. Seuss) *
Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins *

Craft: Paper Plate Apple
Children were given a small paper plate, a craft stick, and a paper leaf to color.  The paper plate had a small slit cut in it.  The paper plate was colored as an apple with the leaf glued to the top.  The craft stick was colored as a worm and stuck through the slit in the paper plate.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss all the different ways apples can be prepared to be eaten (i.e. - pie, applesauce, etc).  See which is your family's favorite way to eat them.
- Try to extend the story Ten Red Apples by coming up with ten more animals that might steal the apples.  Fit the animals and their sounds into the text.