FIAR Co-op - How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, Part 1

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World is a very fun book that incorporates so many different topics for further learning. We could have spent a few more weeks on it! In the story, a girl sets out to make an apple pie, so she goes to the store to buy the ingredients she'll need. But the store is closed so she has to travel the world and collect all the ingredients herself.

First we read and enjoyed the story together. Then we did this sequencing activity where the students had to remember in what order the girl collected all the ingredients, and glue the pie shapes in the proper sequence.



We talked about each country the ingredients came from, found them on a large world map, and then did this flag activity.






Since cinnamon is one of the ingredients (hailing from Sri Lanka!), we mixed up some cinnamon, applesauce, and a bit of glue to form a dough and punched out cinnamon room fresheners with a heart shaped cookie cutter (dough not edible because of the glue).


In the background you can see son C holding his nose, because he hates the smell of cinnamon!





We let them air dry on wax paper for several days - I turned them once or twice a day so they wouldn't curl on the edges. Didn't they turn out cute? And they smell so good! (note to self, great Christmas gift for children to make for grandparents or Sunday School teachers!)