THEME: Apples SONGS: "I'm a Big Red Apple"--(tune:I'm a Little Teapot) I'm a big red apple juicy and sweet, I come from a tree and I'm good to eat. ART: Tissue paper apples--Take a small round balloon, inflated. Cover balloon with a light coat of Vaseline. Stick strips of red tissue paper dipped in liquid starch. (I like to use wallpaper paste!) Let balloon sit for 24 hours. Fingerpaint with red fingerpaint. Color 3 apples. One red, one green, and one yellow. Apple prints--Cut a ...

Children Friendly Gingerbread Boys Ingredients 1/2 Cup shortening + 1 tbsp. 1/2 Cup brown sugar 2 Eggs 1 package Butterscotch pudding mix 11/2 cups flour 11/2 tsp. ginger 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. baking soda Supplies Oven Cookie Sheets Gingerbread Cookie Cutters Cream the shortening and sugar, add eggs and mix well. Add dry pudding mix and flour and spices. Mix well. Have the children roll the dough to about 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutter. ...

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A juicy, juicy, juicy start to school I have found that this Wonderful Watermelon Unit is a fun and refreshing way to begin the school year for kindergarten students. Welcome bulletin board or wall display: Cut a watermelon shape for each student and write his/her name on it. Put up a brown background and randomly attach watermelons. Cut curly watermelon vines by starting with a green circle and cutting toward the center using a spiral pattern. Weave in and out of the watermelons y ...