A is for Apple

Happy Monday!  Well fall is definitely here!  The leaves are changing colors and the temperatures are (finally!) starting to dip.  This upcoming weekend marks one of our favorite autumn traditions - a big Apple Festival.  Tons of crafts and all things apple - total autumn heaven!  To get ready for this weekend's fun, our theme this week is Apples!  Bring on the pie :)

Letter of the Week: A
Creative, Crafty, Sensory Fun:

• Apple Collage (using red scraps of paper, foam, etc)
• Apple Stamping (using an actual apple)
• Apple Tree Craft (tissue paper 'apples')
• Apple Sensory Tub
• Apple Memory Game

Books:

• Apples by Jacqueline Farmer
• I Know It’s Autumn by Eileen Spinell
• Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington
• Apple Cider-Making Days by Ann Purnell
• Apple Picking Time by Michele Benoit Slawson
• The Apple Pie That Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson
• Apples and pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
• The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

L is for Leaves

Happy Monday!  Here's our Falling Leaves letter craft for this week.  Here's what you'll need:

• Blue construction paper for the background
• Brown construction/scrapbook paper for the letter L
• Green construction paper for the grass
• Orange, Green, Yellow and Red construction paper for the leaves

Munchkin had fun using his glue stick to glue all the leaves on!

Feels Like Fall

Well hello there!  After a bit of a late summer blogging hiatus, its time to get back to some Munchkin Theme Mondays!  The leaves are changing and the weather is cooling down.  That can only mean my favorite season is almost here :)  And since Munchkin's birthday falls smack dab in the fall, I'm sure it's going to be a favorite time of year for him too.  Here's our autumntivities for this week:

Letter of the Week: F
Creative, Crafty, Sensory Fun:

• L is for Leaves letter craft
• Leaf print painting
• Fall sensory tub
• Ripped paper acorn collage
• Paper stuffed football

Books:

• I Know It’s Autumn by Eileen Spinelli
• Dot & Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Leaf Jumpers by Carole Gerber
• When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey
• Footballs and falling leaves : a fall counting book by Rebecca Fjelland Davis
• Autumn : Signs of the Season around North America by Barbara Turner
• Clifford's First Autumn by Norman Bridwell
• Ready for Autumn by Marthe Jocelyn
• Who Loves the Fall? by Bob Raczka