In honor of Johnny Appleseed and the first chance the weather turned cooler, we decided to visit an apple barn.
It was exciting for each of them to see the actual fruit still hanging on the tree.
Before going in the barn we took a look at the grapevines as well as the harvesting bins.
We watched the workers clean and sort the apples as well as pack them in baskets. Abigail couldn’t believe how big and shiny the apples were. Our favorite was the honeycrisp apple.
This was a great quick place for us to visit, especially if you love to eat apples as much as we do! We’ve sampled different flavors and colors of apples, colored pictures, done a craft or two, and cut the apple in half to find a star. Also, we read a few stories with apples and Johnny Appleseed throughout the month. One of our recent purchases and now a favorite was “The Apple Pie Tree” by Zoe Hall. This was a simple story about an apple tree in a yard growing throughout each season. The concept of the tree changing in the spring, summer, fall, and winter is something Jackson and Abigail could relate to with our grapevines. The blossoms developing into fruit that will eventually be harvested is very exciting for them both. This story had easy text and colorful collage illustrations that inspire art in us all. It also had a recipe at the end for making an apple pie. The process of growing fruit and bringing it to the table to create something with was fun. The characters are two young sisters. The only negative Jackson found in this story was the missing brother.
We have not actually made the pie from this recipe…YET, but we do look forward to it.
But, we have several times enjoyed the apple fritters from Starbucks!
For my children 