The Apple Of Our Eye

Yesterday, Lily and I attended another wonderful "Nature Sprouts" session at the state park.

Clare, the woman who leads these sessions, is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. Truly. Somehow she manages to keep a group of 3 and 4 year olds absolutely mesmerized with whatever her topic may be. I shouldn't say "somehow". That does Clare a disservice. The fact of the matter is that she does it by being REALLY creative, age appropriate, informative, and fun!

This week's topic was, "From Seeds to Fruit". In order to share with the kids how a seed becomes a fruit, Clare had the kids participate in a play where each of them was either a flower, fruit, bee, butterfly, or moth. At one point several of the kids were "flying" around saying, "I'm a pollinator. I'm a pollinator." It was incredibly funny.

Clare also had the kids try to identify fruits by smell alone. What a hoot!! Speaking of funny, the kids also experimented with what fruits float or sink. You can only imagine how much they enjoyed that!

Oh, I should also mention that the kids did quite a bit of taste testing, fruit juice drinking, and even made an apple stamp craft to bring home...or in our case to Daddy's office!