// Curriculum Update, week of Oct. 9 //

While the children had the day off last Friday, the teachers were busy changing the shelves. To prepare for our upcoming field trip to the farm, we now have many works related to apples and pumpkins. The children are learning the parts and life cycles of these fruits.

During a whole group apple tasting, we discovered the tastes and textures of Macintosh, Granny Smith, Sweet Tango, and Zestar apples. The children described the appearance and taste using their senses. The majority of the children chose Granny Smith as their favorite and described it as the most sour and crunchy of the apples. Everyone was adventurous trying apples that may have been new to them.  We created a graph of “Our Favorite Apples” together. 

Although it is still unusually warm, we did notice that some leaves are starting to change color on our walk to the playground. We saw many squirrels busy in the park and wondered if they are starting to prepare for colder weather. We sang “Leaves are falling, leaves are falling to the ground, to the ground, look at all the colors, look at all the colors, red, yellow, and brown, red, yellow, and brown” as we are seeing more and more leaves on the ground.

We read the story “I Heart Art” by Mukta Chowdhary and Sheena Raja who will visit us on Friday.  We cannot wait!