Preschool - Learning the Letter 'A'

I have started to work on a preschool "curriculum" with Gabrielle. Last week, we worked on writing the letter "A" as well as recognizing the sound. We also learned about apples. I even learned a little something - apples don't grow from seeds; they grow from a process called grafting. Who knew?

Some activities that we did:

Watercolors - The Letter "A"

Watercolors - Apples 

Science - Predicting how many seeds we would find in an apple, cutting the apple open to find the actual number, and pasting the seeds to a picture of an apple.

Music - Apple Songs

The books that I checked out for these learning activities:

My "a" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure

Apples by Jacqueline Farmer

Ten Apples Up On Top! by Dr. Suess

Paul Thurlby's Alphabet by Paul Thurlby

Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

For the letter "B", Gabrielle has decided that she wants to learn about bugs and baseball. This is going to be fun! I've located some picture books of historical female baseball players. Of course, we've already planned several field trips to Spring Training games - the two that will be here in Tucson, and a couple in Phoenix. Our whole family is looking forward to the games, especially Gabrielle and her daddy. For bugs, we are going to the Butterfly Magic exhibit at Tucson Botanical Gardens.