Ingredients:
1 c. apple cider or juice
1 c. salt
2 c. flour
1 T. ground cinnamon
Food coloring
Add food coloring as desired to the apple juice. Combine salt, flour, and cinnamon. Mix the apple juice into the dry ingredients until well combined.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Apple Tree Treats
Ingredients:
Cream cheese or frosting
Green food coloring
Graham crackers
Ritz or other round crackers
Red, yellow, and green mini M&M’s
Add green food coloring to the cream cheese or frosting. Break the graham crackers into quarter pieces. Offer the graham crackers, Ritz crackers, frosting & M&M’s along with plastic knives. Give each child a plate. Invite the children to spread frosting on the Ritz cracker. Place the Ritz cracker on top of a graham cracker, attaching with a bit of frosting. Place M&M’s on the Ritz cracker to resemble apples. Enjoy the treats with a glass of milk or apple juice.
Cream cheese or frosting
Green food coloring
Graham crackers
Ritz or other round crackers
Red, yellow, and green mini M&M’s
Add green food coloring to the cream cheese or frosting. Break the graham crackers into quarter pieces. Offer the graham crackers, Ritz crackers, frosting & M&M’s along with plastic knives. Give each child a plate. Invite the children to spread frosting on the Ritz cracker. Place the Ritz cracker on top of a graham cracker, attaching with a bit of frosting. Place M&M’s on the Ritz cracker to resemble apples. Enjoy the treats with a glass of milk or apple juice.
Raking Leaves Rhyme
I rake and rake the leaves into a great big heap.
(pretend to rake)
Then into the leaves, I take a giant leap!
(jump and squat)
I cover myself with leaves to hide from you.
(pretend to fluff leaves around body)
Then I jump out and say, “Peek-a-boo!”
(jump and say, “Peek-a-boo!”
(pretend to rake)
Then into the leaves, I take a giant leap!
(jump and squat)
I cover myself with leaves to hide from you.
(pretend to fluff leaves around body)
Then I jump out and say, “Peek-a-boo!”
(jump and say, “Peek-a-boo!”
Mini Apple Pies
Ingredients:
Refrigerated crescent dough
Apple pie filling
Cinnamon sugar
Provide an opportunity for the children to make their very own apples pies. Give each child a section of refrigerated crescent dough. Place a spoonful of apple pie filling in the center of each crescent. Have the children fold the dough over and press along the edges to seal the filling inside. Sprinkle the mini pie with cinnamon sugar and bake according to the crescent package. Let cool and enjoy with a glass of milk.
Refrigerated crescent dough
Apple pie filling
Cinnamon sugar
Provide an opportunity for the children to make their very own apples pies. Give each child a section of refrigerated crescent dough. Place a spoonful of apple pie filling in the center of each crescent. Have the children fold the dough over and press along the edges to seal the filling inside. Sprinkle the mini pie with cinnamon sugar and bake according to the crescent package. Let cool and enjoy with a glass of milk.
Sugar Water for Brighter Chalk Drawings
Mix ½ cup water and 2 Tbs sugar. Stir until dissolved. Dip chalk into sugar water and color. It makes bright pictures and is less smudgy than using just dry chalk.
Mini Apple Pies
Ingredients:
Refrigerated crescent dough
Apple pie filling
Cinnamon sugar
Provide an opportunity for the children to make their very own apples pies. Give each child a section of refrigerated crescent dough. Place a spoonful of apple pie filling in the center of each crescent. Have the children fold the dough over and press along the edges to seal the filling inside. Sprinkle the mini pie with cinnamon sugar and bake according to the crescent package. Let cool and enjoy with a glass of milk.
Refrigerated crescent dough
Apple pie filling
Cinnamon sugar
Provide an opportunity for the children to make their very own apples pies. Give each child a section of refrigerated crescent dough. Place a spoonful of apple pie filling in the center of each crescent. Have the children fold the dough over and press along the edges to seal the filling inside. Sprinkle the mini pie with cinnamon sugar and bake according to the crescent package. Let cool and enjoy with a glass of milk.
Ten Little Apples Song
Sung to “Ten Little Indians”
Bring out the Apple Tree LCM. Sing the song slowly and post each apple on the tree mat as you sing. You may choose to give an apple to each child and have her hold up her apple as the song dictates.
1 litte, 2 little, 3 little apples
4 little, 5 little, 6 little apples
7 little, 8 little, 9 little apples
10 little apples (dancing, spinning, jumping, etc.)
Bring out the Apple Tree LCM. Sing the song slowly and post each apple on the tree mat as you sing. You may choose to give an apple to each child and have her hold up her apple as the song dictates.
1 litte, 2 little, 3 little apples
4 little, 5 little, 6 little apples
7 little, 8 little, 9 little apples
10 little apples (dancing, spinning, jumping, etc.)
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