For this week's blog, I decided to post a project that was done in a preschool class at my job. Apple prints is a very popular project that many teachers do in the month of October. However, the lead teacher in this class added a special twist for the project. Since the students are learning to write letters, their teacher told them to try and use the apples to make the first letter in his ir her name. Even though this might seem like an easy task, the students found it a bit challenging to make certain letters.
It was great to see how that the students did not want to stop until they made their letter. Even after the teacher told them it was okay once they tried. The students really enjoyed working with the apple and one little girl said to me, " I didn't know we could use an apple to do art!" This project did take a little longer (about 30-45 minutes). but the kids loved every minute of it!
Here on the materials needed:
1.) Half of an apple
2.)Red paint
3.)paintbrush
4.)construction paper
5.)newspaper
6.)gloves (optional)
Here is what you need to do:
1.)Have a grown up cut the apple in half.
2. Use the paintbrush to paint the apple with red paint.
3.)Use two hands to place the painted apple on the construction.
4.) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have tried to make a letter using your apple prints.
5.) Clean Up!
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| Half an apple before being painted |
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| Half an apple after being painted with red paint |
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| "V" for Veronica!! |
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| "T" for Tommy!! |
