Fun Week of Apples with a Special Visit!

We had a very packed week!  There was tons to do as we taste tested apples, applesauce, and apple juice.  We did crafts centered around apples as well.  On Wednesday, we had a very special visit from the Lafayette Volunteer Fire Department as well as Red Cross.  The children had a wonderful time hearing about fire safety.  They even got to explore the fire truck!  Don't forget to talk to your kids about fire safety at home.  Make sure your children know what to do if a fire breaks out.  Makre sure you have a plan.  The sensory table was filled with bird seed this week.  The children were all about it!  We had great fun scooping and pouring.  Next week we will continue with apples and the harvest but please enjoy this week's "crop" of pictures and videos!

Painting our apple trees!

Our apple orchard!

Seeds in the sensory table!

Apple taste testing time!

The nice lady from Red Cross reminds us to change the batteries in our smoke detectors and also demonstrated stop - drop - and - roll!

Firefighter Jay shows us what he looks like when he has on his fire fighting gear.  He tells the kids to never be afraid if they see someone dressed like he is and to go towards them not run away.

He even let us hear what his voice sounds like when he is wearing his helmet and his mask is turned on.

We even got to go inside the truck!

Here is our group photo with the super cool team from Lafayette Volunteer Fire Department.

Scooping in our bird seed outside!  What a beautiful day!

 

A great website that offers a safe and fun way to find other Internet sites on topics you may want to explore with your children is http://facthound.com/. 

A few informative and educational books on apples and Autumn are "Apple Orchard" by Catherine Anderson, "What Happens in Fall?" by Sara Latta, and "How Apple Trees Grow" by Joanne Mattern.