Apples, oranges, and bananas, oh my! Which fruit is your favorite?
Books:
Go, Go, Grapes: A Fruit Chant by April Pulley Sayre
Too Many Pears by Jackie French
Lunch by Denise Fleming
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Rhymes & Fingerplays:
The Apple Song (tune: Bingo)
I know a food that’s good to eat
And apple is it’s name-o
A P P L E
A P P L E
A P P L E
And apple is it’s name-o!
The Apple Tree
Way up high in the apple tree
Two red apples smiled at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
And down came the apples
They were mmmm mmmm good!
Little Apples
One little, two little, three little apples
Four little, five little, six little apples
Seven little, eight little, nine little apples
All fell to the ground
I’m a Juicy Orange (tune: I’m a Little Teapot)
I’m a juicy orange
Round as can be
A big juicy orange
Hanging on a tree
If you want some juice
Just pick me
Poke in a straw
And squeeze, squeeze, squeeze!
Picking Up Apples
Picking up apples, put ‘em in the basket
Picking up apples, put ‘em in the basket
Picking up apples, put ‘em in the basket
Way down yonder by the apple tree
Pumpkins…way down yonder by the pumpkin patch
Peaches…way down yonder by the peachy tree
Strawberries…way down yonder by the berry patch
Five Bananas
Five bananas in the grocery store
A boy bought one, and then there were four
Four bananas, yellow as can be
A girl bought one, and then there were three
Three bananas, sweet and juicy, too
A boy bought one, and then there were two
Two bananas, ripened by the sun
A girl bought one, and then there was one
One banana, last of the bunch
A boy bought and ate it for his lunch
No bananas in the grocery store
Hey Mr. Grocer, please order some more!
The Watermelon Patch Song (tune: Are You Sleeping?)
Watermelon (make a circle with your arms
Watermelon
On the vine (Curve hands and arms beside body)
On the vine
Sweet and red and juicy (rub your tummy)
Sweet and red and juicy
Please be mine (Palms together as though pleading)
Please be mine!
Watermelon
Watermelon
Thump, thump, thump (Make a thumping movement w/ thumb and middle finger)
Thump, thump, thump
I think you are ready (Point, resting finger on your temple)
I think you are ready
Big and plump (make a circle w/ your arms)
Big and plump!
Art Activity:
We made paper plate watermelon shakers today. I used a coloring page image of a watermelon glued to each side to make it more representational for the very young children in the group, but this is optional. Kids can also color the shakers freehand. Suitable coloring pages can be found in a Google image search. Here are the directions:
1) Color the watermelons
2)Cut both watermelons out
3)Fold paper plate in half
4)Glue watermelons to each side
5)Put in beads, popcorn kernels, or small pasta to create shaker
6) Staple paper plate closed with curved edges lining up.
My sample is shown below:
