How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World~ {FIAR}

Our FIAR book has been a repeat but the kids loved it anyway.

We rowed How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World~

As we read we mapped the trip around the world on maps

and the most interesting page on this read was the rainforest where cinnamon is harvested 

so we found a video to watch and sprinkled some by our map of Sri Lanka!!!!

On Wednesday we took our traditional trip to the mountains for apples and a pumpkin~

 Our first stop was Bryson's Apple Orchard and we picked a lot of apples~

{ate some along the way as well!}

 Everyone filled their buckets so heavily we had to load them into the wagon~

 It was cool this year being able to read tags that labeled the kinds of apples growing~

 We headed back to pay for our apples and fried apple pies~

 Such a fun stop on our day of fun~

 Heading farther up the mountain we found lots of beauty to thank God for...

Magestic mountains and wonderful waterfalls~

 Last stop was Highlands, NC where we chose our perfect pumpkin and named him Freddie~

We had dinner and headed home tired, happy, and Fall filled!!!

Thanks dad for making this family tradition a reality!

Schooling on the road is the best.

The next morning we thought over our trip and everyone chose their favorite memory~

 I printed photos and they wrote about their favorite memory in their journals~

For Cook-a-Book we made an apple pie in our iron skillet~

Recipe~
Peel and slice apples thinly then sprinkle with 1/2 c sugar and 1 T cinnamon.
Add to a greased iron skillet.
In separate bowl mix 1c sugar, 1c self rising flour, 1 c milk, and stick of butter.
Mix well and pour over apples.
Bake @ 350 for 35-45 min until golden brown.

A wonderful week of rowing and look forward to next week!!!

A New Week~

We are rowing How to Bake an Apple Pie and See the World~

 We read it again today and began introducing the new Preschool drawers~

They have loved every single activity!

Just documenting EK's reading right now...

I have begun allowing her to choose her own books for reading time and when at the library she is choosing carefully~

 This week she has been reading about White-Tailed Deer since we have lots in our yard all year long.

She reads with ease and loves the captions for the photos.

I have her write a few important facts in her journal and draw an illustration.

LOVE that reading is her favorite subject especially if she's reading about animals.

I have also decided a menu post is just not what I want on my blog when it comes time to print so I will not be posting that anymore.

Tacos tonight. :)

 

Fun Friday~ {Apples, Apples, Apples}

Today was all about Apples.

We began by Reading our new row How to Make An Apple Pie and See the World and I can already tell it is going to be a favorite~

It was very fun to find all the wonderful places on the map and then compare our apple pie recipe to the one in the book.

Ankerich Apple Pies~

roll out crescent roll

spray with butter

sprinkle with Cinn sugar

add apple slice

roll, butter, sprinkle again and bake

Yum! Yum! Yum! 

While they baked, we worked on our Art/Math project~

 We painted paper plate apples, added leaves/stems, and EK/SJ helped everyone use a ruler to make INCH worms.

EK/SJ had to find 6 things that measured 1'-6' and record in their journal.

The little ones just free explored with their inch worms.

Once complete, we added them to our worms for more measuring later.

Then we were on to Writing~

I printed a photo of their favorite part of our day yesterday:

EK~ petting the horses

SJ~ walking down to and under the waterfall

PC~ the pumpkin patch

WP~ going in the little cave

EC~ apple picking eating :)

They all wrote about their fav in their journals!

Last but not least, I reread our story while they ate their yummy little apple pies.

It was a Favorite Fun Friday!

Apples, Apples, Apples!