This week, as we continued with our songs about apple picking, our finger plays about apples, and our story about an apple tree, we worked on making some applesauce from our apples. The children loved working the apple mill, and nibbling the peels. After giving an apple a spin, they chopped them and added them to a pot. I cooked the apples and the next day the children ran the apples through a food mill to make a nice smooth sauce to enjoy with our bread. We have a little part of our morning circle time about making apple sauce that says,
"Chop, chop, chop, and put them in the pot", then
"Stir, stir, stir, and cook them till their hot"
"Scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop some in a dish" and finally,
"Eat, eat, eat, mmmmm, apple sauce is sweet!"
"Chop, chop, chop, and put them in the pot", then
"Stir, stir, stir, and cook them till their hot"
"Scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop some in a dish" and finally,
"Eat, eat, eat, mmmmm, apple sauce is sweet!"
The story from the past two weeks has been about a young apple tree growing in Mother Earth's garden who wants to be a star like the ones he sees at night. He likes that his flowers in Spring look a little like stars, but it's not quite the same. Mother Earth tells him that he too is special and to wait. Soon, his apples have ripened and many of the animals come and nibble them, and the tree wonders if this is why he is special. But Mother Earth calls the Autumn fairies and has them gather the rest of his apples. Then she takes one and cuts it open. I take out an apple and slice it as well saying "Take an apple big and round, don't slice down, slice through instead. Open it up and you will see, a star inside, for you and me!" Mother Earth shows the tree that there's a star in every apple, but not only that, each star has seeds inside, baby apple trees tucked safely in their star house. For the apple tree, this is just the icing on the apple cake.
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