I love to eat and I love to celebrate so today was particularly fun for me (and the girls, of course)!
In honor of Johnny Appleseed's birthday, we spent the day immersed in all things apple. We started off at the library with the Hemmers where we picked up some great books about apples and Johnny Appleseed. Back home, we read Apples to Oregon, a great story about how the first fruit orchards were transported from Indiana to Oregon in covered wagons!
We then pulled out the apple peeler/corer/slicer and got to work on some homemade applesauce.
Red, yellow and green apples along with a little water, cinnamon and sugar went into the crock pot and made the house smell great all day!
Later in the afternoon, we read Stephen Kellog's retelling of the Johnny Appleseed tall tale. We learned about John Chapman, the real Johnny Appleseed, and how his legend became so well known. The girls made hats in the spirit of the pot it is said that Johnny wore.
For our math lesson, we discussed patterns and used Apple Jacks to make necklaces. Lily used the AB pattern, Ruthie chose no pattern at all and Josie just ate hers!
For afternoon snack, we ate the applesauce we made and the girls loved it!
To top off the day, we made foil packets filled with apples, cinnamon and brown sugar and baked them for dessert. mmmmmmmmmmmm.......
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