I Know My Address
Encourage each child to memorize his or her address. Draw and
cut out a large construction paper house to place on a bulletin board.
Then, as the children memorize their addresses, invite each child to pin
his or her name and address on the house shape.
A's on an A
Have the children trace the letter "A" and glue Alphabet cereal onto
the outline. Display the A's on a bulletin board with colorful drawings
of "A" objects.
Aliens
Provide the children with an A-cutout. Have them glue the A-cutout
onto a piece of construction paper. Encourage them to create a A-Alien
by providing a variety of art materials.
Learning about the Apple
Give each child an apple. Ask them to describe the apple using
all their senses except taste. Then cut the apple in half - explain
that they grow from seeds. Point out the various parts - ask to help
you count the seeds - cut the apple into bite size pieces - let them eat
a piece and describe how the apple tastes.
Recognizing the Letter "A"
Introduce the letter "A" to the children by showing them the written
word "Apple" and helping them to see that it begins with an "A".
Cut a large apple shape out of paper and write the letter "A" on it.
Have the children tear or cut out magazine pictures beginning with the
letter "A" and then glue the pictures on the apple shape.
Angels
For the body, cut out a large triangle from white construction paper.
From pink construction paper cut out a circle for the head. Glue
to the tip of the triangle. Have the children dip their hands in
white paint and make hand prints of each hand on light blue construction
paper for wings. Cut them out when dry. Glue to back of body.
Add facial features with colored markers. Add a gold pipe cleaner
for a halo.
Airport
Build an airport in your dramatic centre. Provide small
chairs to line up for airplane, blazers and captain'shats , tickets, a
hole punch, rubber stamps, ink pads, table, old suitcases (small), and
pictures of airplanes, dress up clothes for traveller's, a flag for someone
to wave when runway is clear.
A is for Astronaut
Make an Astronaut helmet out of paper grocery bag or cardboard box
using foil, stickers, pipe cleaners, styrofoam balls and other items on
hand.
Go on an Astronaut walk on the moon. Have the children
look for moon rocks (treasure hunt) made out of foil covered rocks or foil
made into balls or rocks or Styrofoam painted in silver.
Ants
Use 3 sections of a cardboard egg carton to form the body of an ant.
The children paint it and add antennas, using pipe cleaners, on the first
section. Add four legs to each of the two back sections. Add
wiggly eyes (or draw in marker) on the front section.
Airplanes
Make paper airplanes and fly them outside!
Apple Juice
Show the children how apple juice (recipe) is
made.
Dried Apple Wreaths.
Cut a wreath shape from cardboard. Glue dried apples rings around
the wreath overlapping them. Add some dried flowers & leaves
to fill in the wreath. Add a bow at the top. (Recipe for Dried
Apple Rings)
Make Apple Prints
Tips for Better Apple Printing: Cut the apples the day before you will
use them for printing. Put the paint on a piece of paper towel in a tray.
It becomes more like a stamp pad and the apples print better.
Songs, Finger Plays, Nursery Rhymes:
A, A, What Can I Say?
A, A, what can I say?
Just what can I say about the letter A?
Air plane and alligator start with an A.
Acorn and apple begin the same way.
Anchor and astronaut start with A too,
As do apron and acrobat, to name just a few.
Abracadabra begins with an A
It's a magical work that I like to say.
Ant and axe both start with A
Lets hear it for A! Hip, hip, hurray!
Let's Sing Hurray For A (sung to The Farmer in the Dell)
Lets sing hurray for A,
Let's sing hurray for A
Let's sing hurray for A today,
Let's sing hurray for A.
Apple and ant start with A,
Asparagus starts the same way.
Let's sing hurray for A today,
Let's sing hurray for "A"
I'm A Little Airplane
(tune: I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little airplane, (children raise arms at
sides to shoulder height.)
Now watch me fly! (They spin one of their arms
in front of them as if it were a propeller)
Here are my instruments
From down low to up high. (With their other arm,
they reach from the ground to above their heads.)
First I get revved up. (Children make engine-like
noises while still spinning their arms.)
Then I can fly, (Children raise arms to shoulder
height.)
Lifting off the runway (They start walking
forward.)
Up into the sky! (They go up on their tiptoes
and circle around and around the room!)
Ants
Ants, Ants,
Everywhere,
Rushing here,
Rushing there.
Carrying treasures
To their nest,
Never stopping
For a rest.
Ants, Ants,
Here and there,
Hurrying and scurrying
Everywhere.
The Apple Tree
Two little apples hanging from a tree (fists in air)
Two little apples looking at me (turn fists inward)
I shook the tree as hard as I could (shake fists)
Down came the apples (fists down)
My! They were good! (rub tummy)
Recipes:
Ants on a Log
Spread cream cheese or peanut butter on a piece of celery or apple
slice. Add raisins for ants!
Apple Sandwiches
Slice apples the "round way" so that a star is formed in the center.
Spread a slice with peanut butter and top with a second slice to form a
sandwich.
Applesauce
For each quart of peeled and sliced apples, add:
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of salt
Cook until tender. Mash apples with a potato masher or electric mixer.
Add more sugar, if needed. Serve cold.
Apple Juice
1/2 cup seeded apples
1 cup water
1 tsp. sugar
Blend the ingredients in a blender. Serve chilled.
Dried Apple Rings
Peel, core, and cut apples into rings. Soak in salt water for 15 minutes.
Dry for two weeks.
Apple - Fruit Leather Logs
Cover a baking sheet with plastic wrap. Spread 2 cups applesauce
in a very thin layer on the wrap. Bake at 150*F for 6 - 8 hours or
until applesauce has a leathery look. Cool slightly and remove the
plastic wrap. Roll up the fruit leather and slice it into small "logs".
