Attention Getter: The House With No Windows
Tell the children that you have a very special story to tell them called, The Little Red House With No Windows. (There are many versions to this story and you can retell it as you choose. When we tell it, we use the following pictures of a grandma, farmer, and a red circle, a picture of a door crossed out, a window crossed out and star, and then an apple tree.)
Here are a couple links to the story: https://www.ncagr.gov/agscool/commodities/redhouse.htm https://www.thevirtualvine.com/thelittleredhouse.html
The main point to make is that this house has not windows, no doors and has a star inside. The magic of the story happens at the very end, when you cut the apple and show the children that it really does have a star inside!
Activity: Which Apple Do You Like Best?
Place three different colored apples in front of the class. Ask them if they have tasted different colors of apples? Then tell them that they are going to get to taste each type of apple to see which one they like best.
Have apples precut and ready. Give each child an apple. After they have tasted each apple, tell them that they get to vote for their favorite flavor. Say each child's name and when they come up, give them a voting strip (we just cut up Post It notes so they can stick on easily).
After everyone has voted, count to see how many votes each apple got and compare the numbers.
Book: An Apple a Day
Read, An Apple a Day by Melvin Berger if it is available, or use whatever apple books you have. Talk about the life cycle of an apple especially paying attention to the: seed, sapling, tree, blossom, pollination and fruit.
Activity: How Do Apples Grow?
Ask the class if they can remember the six important parts of an apple life cycle as you randomly place the picture on the floor. Then, ask them if they remember what happens first, second, third and so forth. Move the pictures in the correct order as the class responds. The final order should be as follows.
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