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Appleseeds Begins!

Thank you for visiting! This blog is to reflect on our weeks here together at Appleseeds Home Nursery. I am excited to see how the year unfolds with the changing of the seasons. I hope this blog gives the reader a better sense of what our day looks like and why I believe play is so crucial to child development.

Week of September 8-11

9/14/2014

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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!"


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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    I am the owner of a small, play and nature based home nursery located in Durham, NC. My goal is to provide a cozy nursery for children that allows them to play using all of their senses both indoors and out. I also hope to bring families and children together through seasonal activities and celebrations. 

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