TREE GUIDE DRAFT: A Tree Gives

Read 
Read Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg. This story of Johnny Appleseed is known as a legend. This adaptation includes true facts about the real John Chapman , but also shares some of the stories others have told over the years about him. Take time to discuss and note the differences between nonfiction and fiction with your child. What makes a story true?

Phonics 
Let your child add more apple pie spices (cloves, nutmeg, etc.) to the salt and cinnamon mixture from Thursday’s letter review activity. Write simple words beginning with the letter “A” in the spice combo, such as “ant,” “apple,” “add,” “ask,” and “ax.”

Fine Motor Skills
Poke apple seeds into a small clay pot of soil, pretending you are planting them. 

Large Motor Skills
Collect a small bag or satchel and a couple handfuls of pompoms. Scatter the pompom “seeds” all over your house just like Johnny Appleseed did. 

Art Skills
Make up a story book together.  Start with a real story, then exaggerate and add to the story to make it different than it once was. Talk about why someone would add to a story and how stories can grow over time.

Practical Life Skills
Find a way to help a neighbor, maybe by bringing them a homemade apple pie or freshly picked apples.  

Supply List

  • Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg 

  • Apple Seeds 

  • Pompoms

  • Pot

  • Small Bag

  • Soil

  • Spices

  • Writing Materials



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