A is for Apple

Our next lesson expanded on the tree theme for the month by moving on to fruit. We read about the purpose and process of fruit growth (which I saw was sort of an intro to the reproductive system). We wanted to visit an orchard, but had missed the hand picking season by a week. We got several different kinds of apples at the store and compared their texture, color, and flavor. We cut one in half across the middle, discussing fractions as we did so, and saw a star shape in the middle! Then we counted how many seeds it contained. Then we used all the cut up apples to make our own apple sauce! It was so yummy, we wished we had made more. We watched the Disney cartoon about Johnny Appleseed (in two parts)on YouTube. We traced our hand and fore-arm to make a tree shape and glued on leaves, red fingerprints for fruit, and some grass for a nest. For our tactile learning (where we learn to write the letters by feeling something textured, like salt or play dough) we used Jell-O Jigglers and tried to make the letter A in capital and lowercase. Then we got to slurp up the Jell-O through a straw. It was such a funny, noisy experience that we had to video tape it. Check out the "Tactile Learning" post for the video!

At the beginning of the week we read in John that if we abide in Jesus we will bear much fruit. We wondered what kind of fruit grows on people. Then we turned to Galatians 5 and read the fruit of the Spirit. We made a tree covered in these fruits to remind us of the work God is doing in us, and our words to remember all week were “If I stay in Jesus, I will have much fruit”.