Today we’re going to have fun exploring movement with bean bags. If you're learning at home, you can make 'sock balls' to use in place of bean bags (simply use two or three pairs of large socks rolled inside each other to form a ball).

With your bean bag on the floor:

• Walk around the activity area and count all of the bean bags.

• Jog in the area. On signal, freeze and point to any beanbag.

• Gallop in the area. Freeze, call out a color, and then find a beanbag or that color and touch it with your toe.

• Leap over your beanbags.

• Slide (jump, hop, skip) around. When music stops, find a new bean bag and stand on it.

Toss your bean bag straight up and then:

• Clap 1 time before it hits the floor.

• Clap 1 time and then try to catch it.

• Clap as many times as you can before it hits the floor.

• Clap as many times as you can and then try to catch it.

• Toss with right hand only (repeat tasks above)

• Toss with left hand only (repeat tasks above)

• Toss and turn 360 degrees before the bean bag hits the floor.

• Start with the beanbag on top of your foot. Flip it into the air and try to catch it.

Brainstorm and list words about apples describing their color, shape, texture, and taste.

Name facts about APPLES using this Apple Fact shape! Name two facts about apples and color each apple yellow, green or red.

Use the apple aerobics sheet to do a fun physical activity break while spelling Apple, Red and Tree!

Encourage Your Family to Try this Baked Apple Recipe:

Ingredients

6 small apples

1 large lemon

¾ cup chopped walnuts

½ cup raisins

¼ cup brown sugar

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Rinse apples.

Remove stems by cutting a 1-inch-wide hole out of the top of each apple. Cut into the hole to remove and scoop out the core and seeds.

Rinse lemon and cut in half. In a small bowl, squeeze the juice from each half. Discard seeds.

In a second small bowl, mix walnuts, raisins, and brown sugar.

Stuff the center of each apple with 1 heaping Tablespoon of the walnut mixture. Sprinkle a pinch of cinnamon over the top of each apple.

Place stuffed apples upright in the baking dish. Pour the lemon juice around them. Bake for 35–40 minutes, or until the skin is wrinkly. Spoon some of the pan juice over the apples about halfway through cooking time to keep the apples moist.

Remove from oven. Let cool slightly before serving as a healthy snack.

Recipe Link: http://cookingmatters.org/recipes/baked-apples