He eagerly listened to the story and as I read he helped me point out similar objects between the book and the bin.

Here is his first impression of the activity (yes, he is excited!) I arranged everything before he got home, read through the story to make the bin as detailed as possible with the supplies I already had on hand, and set up the little activity which included a pumpkin maze from Preschool Powol Packets and apple counting tree by 2 Teaching Mommies.

playmobil figures, tractor, wagon, and tree.

acrylic apples and pumpkins from craft store.Substitute what you have and keep it simple! The list looks long but the items are simple! Here’s what I used to create this sensory play small world for the book Pumpkins and Apples by Anne Rockwell. Maybe even try a corn maze, but first I wanted to share this story by Anne Rockwell with him about a little girl who goes and picks pumpkins and apples with her family! Liam and I had a fun time with this bin! Supplies Needed: What a great idea! This weekend we will go and pick some pumpkins and take a hay ride. When Liam got off his little yellow bus on Monday, he proclaimed that it was October and time to pick pumpkins. What a great little book to illustrate a simple fall fun activity like pumpkin picking. They also really enjoyed the flannelboard activity and getting pats and kisses from the puppets at the end of storytime.Apples And Pumpkins Small World Play Simple Book & Sensory Play Activity This group really got into “Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch” - mostly because I oinked a lot and they think that’s pretty funny. Other than that, I think that the most enjoyed book for this group was “Apples and Pumpkins.” A lot of the kids had gone to an apple orchard with their families this year, so this book echoed that experience.

I used puppets to “munch” the apples and flipped them around. How It WentĪgain, my showstopper was my flannelboard/puppet show. This one was not self-stick, so I had the kids use Glue Dots to attach the pieces to the plate. (Other animals: A mouse, a crow, a turtle, a bat.)Īnother kit from Oriental Trading. I shook that tree as hard as I could (make a shaking motion)ĭown came the apples… (make a downward motion)Īnd mmm, they were good! (smile and rub stomach) I saw two apples looking at me (hold up two fingers)

Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arms up high) Now you are a great big ball! (make a big circle)įingerplay: “Way Up High In the Apple Tree” Once you were a seed so small (pinch fingers together) How’d you get so big and round? (make a circle) Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (touch the ground) Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofe

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell