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By Jennifer

Hi--I just finished a mini-unit on apples.

Have you ever heard the story about the Little Red House? I told my kids a story about a little red house with no doors and no windows, but it had a chimney and a star inside.
I framed it like there was a boy looking for something to do, and his mom challenged him to find the little red house with no doors.....I involve kids from my class in the story, and they're all looking, until they figure out it's an apple. A little red house with no doors and no windows with a chimney (the stem) and a star inside. Then we cut an apple crosswise (the opposite of how

we usually cut apples ) and we see the seeds inside a star. Then we made apple prints.

We also talked about the sequence of how an apple grows and made a book. My kids keep showing me apples and where they flowers used to be on the bottom.

We also made a simple take home book. The pages said "Red apples" "Yellow apples" "Green apples" "Blue apples?" "Red apples, yum!"......all the way to "Blue apples? YUCK!" The kids colored the pages and took it home to read.

We also read "Ten Apples Up on Top" by Dr. Seuss/Theodore LeSieg. Then I had them draw a picture of their head and cut out and number ten apples to glue on their heads. Finally, we made applesauce! I had a parent volunteer, and we cut the apples using an apple slicer. Then we cooked them and stirred them all day. Then we ran them through a hand stirred mill and flavored it with cinammon and sugar. A big hit!

Good luck!Jennifer