Hobbies And Interests
In the Orchard
For young children, just being in an orchard is an adventure. Use the experience to make the visit memorable. Hide-and-seek played in the middle of an apple orchard is something your child will remember for many years. A simple game of colors can be great fun for a very young child, especially if the orchard contains varieties of apples in shades of green, red and golden. For a child who is older, give him a picture of an apple with the name of the apple on it, and let him find one in the orchard.
Juice Moose
Juice Moose is in the orchard, trying to gather enough apples to make his favorite drink, apple juice. In this online game, players move Juice Moose across the screen to catch the falling apples. Each one he catches must be delivered to the collection barrel to earn a point.
As the apples are caught, the remaining apples begin to fall faster and faster, so players must be quick and alert to win. At different points in the game players are awarded the right to eat one of the apples from the basket and get more lives. The game is over when you run out of lives.
Paper Orchard
Have your class create a paper puzzle orchard. Help each child to cut a large apple from a piece of construction paper. Next, each child should cut her apple into four to five pieces. Place each apple into a separate envelope, being sure to include all the pieces. Draw trees on the chalkboard or white board, and tape the envelopes to the branches to create an orchard ready to harvest. Allow each child to pick an envelope from the tree and assemble the apple which is inside. Tape the apple pieces together. Hang the completed apples back in the orchard.
To make the game more challenging, have everyone open their envelopes at the same time and race to see who can finish assembling an apple first.