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Cherries and Cherry Tree Theme Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

Try this online puzzle

Make sure to have a selection of cherries to show and present to the children:

Activity 1 > Topics > Health and Nutrition > Plants > Trees > Cherries

1. A cherry is a small, round fruit that grows on a tree.  It is red, yellow, or purple in color and has a hard pit (seed) in the center.
2. It is a kind of tree or shrub of the rose family grown for its showy flowers, its sweet or sour fruit, and for lumber.
3. The wood of the cherry tree.
   
   Visit choosecherries.com for fun nutritional facts, snacks, and recipes

Activity 2 > Story time > Historical Legends > The Cherry Tree and George Washington
Character Education > Honesty > Read the fable of The Cherry Tree and George Washington written by M. L. Weems.

Consonant Digraph
Ch Cherries

Activity 3 > Consonant Digraph Ch Cherries printable activities

Activity 4 > Cherries Theme Crafty Ideas Dress a Tree with Cherries
Cherry theme coloring pages below [click on images to print]

Intructions:

• Select and print a tree coloring page found at the end of this page. Idea: print directly to light blue paper.
• Have children color the image first.
• Children can decorate the tree with "cherries": painted fingerprints (poster paint or washable ink pad), red round stickers or red paper cut-outs using a small coin as a template.
• Have children add five or ten cherries in clusters.
• Have them count them to practice numerals and number order.
  

Cherries placemat or hat > Print this cherries template in color or B&W @ dltk-kids.com

• Placemat > Cut out and have children make a collage placemat on green construction paper.
• Hat or crown > cut a strip of green construction paper 3-4 inches wide to fit around the head. Have children paste the cherries. Older children can write Ch or numbers inside the cherries.
  Other uses for the cherries template: counters, name tags, or to decorate a large bulletin board cherry tree (name of the students on it) or large calendar numbers.

Coloring pages to decorate with cherries:

George Washington and the Cherry Tree 1

George Washington and the Cherry Tree

Tree and picnic scene

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