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Monday, September 13, 2010

Packed with Apple Ideas

Apple Carton Easel Paintings


Go to your local grocery story and ask them to save the apple dividers that they get in all those apple boxes. They make great canvasses for your paint easel.

Weighing Apples

Get out balancing scales and baskets of apples. Allow the children to weigh the apples trying to balance them. Have children find an object. Then have them see how many apples it will take to make the scales balance again. Paint a batch of walnuts red, yellow and green. Have the children place one apple on one side of the scale and the painted walnuts on the other, how many walnuts does it take to balance the scale.

Farmers Market Prop Box


Turn your dramatic play area into a farmers market.

Farmer Market  (ideas for the market)

Baskets
Plastic Fruits
Bags
Scale
Register
Play Money
Labels
Overalls
Pail
Straw

Paper Tube Apple Trees
We placed these child made trees in the block play area.

3 comments:

  1. That farmer's market is adorable! What a great idea!
    -Kara
    http://littlelearnerslounge.blogspot.com/

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  2. great ideas! Love the apple carton art and the paper tube apple trees!

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  3. Wow i love the apple carton painting. We have these all the time at work and i can never think of anything fun to do with them!!!

    Check out my apple ideas
    http://preschoolfunblogger.com

    Thanks
    becky

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