Apples

This week our story is The Star House from Autumn Tales by Suzanne Down. In this story a little apple tree looks up to the stars and wishes he could be a star. Mother Earth tells the little tree to be patient and he will discover that he is as special as the stars. The seasons come and go and once the apple is ripe and picked, Mother Earth shows the little tree his own stars, which he has had all along! A very sweet story. We have had apples for snack everyday ( the one I cut open after the story each day as pictured here) This apple story lends itself to many baking and cooking projects as well! We will be making caramel apples as well as apple pie ( for Thanksgiving).
Other Activities:
Apple Prints on cloth napkins with fabric paint
Drying apples slices (sliced with star showing)
Planting the seeds

Toadstools

This week our story is The Mushroom In the Rain by the teachers at Acorn Hill Waldorf Kindergarten and Nursery, From the book A Lifetime of Joy. In this story , an ant seeks shelter from the rain under a mushroom. As it rains, more and more animals continue to seek shelter under it as well. After it has stops raining the animals all leave the shelter for their homes and the little ant wonders just HOW they were able to all fit underneath! A very sweet story. We are using wooden animals and a few homemade ones as well as props to tell this story. One of our projects included crafting and then painting toadstools from a paper egg carton.
Other Activities:
Cooking with a variety of mushrooms ( cleaning and cutting)
Portabella mushroom prints
Hunting for mushrooms outside after a rainfall