We started out with a song version of the book. See the video below to watch it at home. Each student got to hold an apple and place one more on top of the different animals as more apples appeared in the story. Once the book was finished, we counted the apples on each animal and made comparisons (which had the most or least?).
Then, we completed the motor lab with our OT, Mrs. Ellis. After the motor lab, we broke into different stations.
At one station, we picked apples (made of pipe cleaners) and a magnetic magical want in a sensory bin of beans. We were then able to tell how many apples we picked or what size (example: "I pick big apple"). We also got to put on apple scented lotion if we wanted and smell it.
At another station, we made an apple craft to go with our story using the letters in our name. We were able to request what color apples we wanted and then tell how many apples were "on top" of our head.
At our last station, we worked on core strength with Mrs. Ellis by reaching and picking apples from a tree while sitting on a therapy ball and making apples using theraputty to stack on top of each other.
We had a great time with apples this week in our speech and OT groups. We will continue with our apple theme next week!
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