Fall is here!

Make HOMEMADE Applesauce!

Peel and dice apples...

cover in water in saucepan and boil until soft...

add some sugar and cinnamon...

mash...

enjoy!

Stained Glass

Materials needed: yellow, green & red tissue paper cut in 1" squares; clear contact paper; an apple pattern ran off on construction paper; green construction paper;

Procedure: Cut out the middle of an apple from red, yellow or green construction paper and lay it on a piece of clear contact paper. Have your child lay down pieces of the red, yellow and/or green tissue paper squares on to the contact paper. Magically it sticks! :) Add a stem and a leaf from green construction paper if you wish. Hang in your window.

P.S. Back in my teaching days, it was a fun idea to celebrate Johnny Appleseed's bday (Sep 26th) and have an apple party. It was the perfect way to kick-off fall! :) Due to our lack of storage, my teaching files are tucked away in my SIL's crawl space, but I do remember some fun apple activities involving math, science, art, music etc. If you are interested feel free to send me an email at kellygirl562@gmail.com

Glurch, Glop, Goop

This is a classic concoction from the play dough family. It is neither a solid nor a liquid...but a colloid.

You just mix one cup cornstarch with 1/2 cup of water. You mess with the ratio until the glop feels just right.

I did this with my 4 year old son. Before playing with the glop, we talked about liquids, solids and gases and found examples of each in our kitchen. Then we played with the glop, glurch...whatever you choose to call it, and about it's properties that are like a liquid and others that qualify it as a solid.

Have fuN!

Photo Finish

Items Needed: photo, paper, crayons, markers, or colored pencils

Find a picture of your child or cut one out of a magazine. Take the picture and glue it in the middle of a large piece of paper. Continue drawing an extension of the photo. Make your extension realistic or make believe!