They loved using tweezers to take out the seeds and it was a good exercise to strengthen fine motor skills! It took them a while to figure out where the seeds were since they were only seeing the tops!
Our digital microscope is one of their favorite science tools to look closer!
We also used watercolors, oil pastels and sharpies to create observational art!
They noticed how the seeds were in the middle and had a pattern. They learned about how sunflowers grow and the sunflower life cycle. They also learned what sunflowers are living things and what they need to survive.
Here is some of their sunflower art. The paper plate sunflowers were done in their art class!
Next I set out apples for them to explore. We learned that harvesting sunflowers is something that happens in the Fall. They learned that apples are also harvested during the Fall season. I love giving them everyday objects that they have seen hundreds of times, and having them look closer! They notice things they didn’t ever notice before! We learned about the life cycle of an apple tree also!
I changed up our sensory tub! I added the dice to see if they might create some games but they were more interested in the sensory aspect of it and sorting the apples using tweezers.
They noticed that apples were not always just one color but could also be red, green yellow and even a bit of orange all in one apple! Again, we used art to show what we noticed!
I set up the science table for them to explore apples, but forgot to take a picture of this invitation to learn! They were very interested in the star in the middle of the apples!
Mostly they were interested in an invitation for them to see if an apple or lemon would sink or float. They wondered why the apple floated but the lemon didn’t! This was very interesting to them! I think an inquiry into what sinks and what floats will be in our future!
They explored measurement using apples and documented what they noticed.
Next we tasted apples and used adjectives to describe their taste and texture!
They recorded their opinions about the taste of each apple.
Here are the results!
Our Student teacher Miss Abby went over what they noticed about the data. She talked about how the word equal means the same in math!
For our project, we decided to document the details through art and use the describing words we came up with for each apple in a display. They were very serious about making sure they mixed the paint to exactly match the shades of their apples!
They wrote out the describing words by sounding out the words and writing the sounds they hear. To display their work, I had to think outside the box as our new bullion boards are vertical rather than horizontal.
We ended by making homemade applesauce! Cutting those apples into teeny pieces was a very good fine motor muscle workout!
It was delicious! All of them tried it and most liked it!
Now that the leaves are finally changing, we will see what else we notice about the Fall Season!
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