Apple view daycare: Appleview Early Learning Center & Preschool

Appleview Early Learning Center & Preschool

Appleview Early Learning Center and Preschool understands and respects the uniqueness of each child. The schools primary mission is to foster a love of learning while providing a safe, nurturing environment where children can have fun as they explore, play and learn with one another. We strive to instill integrity, compassion and confidence. We focus on providing a stimulating early care and education experience, to promote social/emotional, physical, cognitive and language development. Ultimately, through our program and staff dedication each child will be prepared for his/her upcoming elementary years.

At Appleview Early Learning Center & Preschool, we are dedicated to providing outstanding educational childcare. We understand the potential that each child has and believe that curiosity is what drives children to explore, play, and learn! Our low teacher-to-student ratio will provide each child with the individual attention needed to help them succeed in his/her development. Teachers encourage children to explore, think creatively, and work both independently and cooperatively. Ultimately, each child is provided with support and encouragement to become his or her own unique self.

We also understand every parents concerns when leaving his/her child somewhere for the first time and every childs feelings when being separated from his/her family. Therefore, we aim to build a positive and welcoming community that is a home away from home. We provide a relaxed admissions process, remarkable certified teachers, developing curriculum, extracurricular activities, and extended hours for children ages 6 weeks 5 years.

We invite you to come visit our school to take a tour, and enquire about our curriculum, programs, and exciting activities available for your child! We enjoy speaking with families, providing advice, and of course answering any questions you may have.

A positive parent-teacher relationship is essential to the educational success of our children, that’s why our teachers make it a priority to keep an open line of communication. Learning is an interactive process between the teachers and the children. Our certified teachers and caregivers are true professionals and partners in the caring and teaching of each child. They prepare lesson plans and activities that are appropriate for each age group and consider the different needs, interests, and developmental levels of individual children.

Most importantly, parents and teachers work together to develop goals for each child. Teachers work as mediators to emphasize language acquisition and development. They provide children with opportunities to play and work with other children, make choices, encounter consequences, and negotiate social conflicts using appropriate language.

The curriculum we follow in our program is based on the concept that children learn through exploration and play. It is vital to us that children build their knowledge through exploration, interaction with real life materials, and imitation of role models. Children work with teachers in a collaborative environment to address different areas of development. In this type of setting, knowledge and authority is shared between teachers and students. Teachers hold important knowledge about skills, content, and instruction, and provide that information to students. However, students also provide knowledge, personal experiences, language, strategies, and culture, which teachers value and build upon. Teachers work as facilitators and mediators in creating rich environments by linking new information to prior knowledge. This provides opportunities for collaborative work and problem solving, and offering students a wide range of genuine learning tasks.

“Our daughter thrived at Appleview. We watched her grow from a shy, cautious three-year-old to a confident five-year-old during her time there. She was excited to go to school every day to learn and play, and we were at ease knowing she was spending her days with teachers who understood and appreciated the unique qualities of our daughter. Appleview is a special place!”

– Alviar Family

“Our twins attended Appleview for two years (ages 2-4) and during this time we always knew our children were in a safe, caring, fun, and educational environment. Amanda, the owner and director, was especially hands-on and always available to answer any questions. The fact that our boys did not want to leave at the end of the day assured us that we made the right decision in choosing Appleview!”

– Patel Family

“The absolute best! My daughter spent two years at Appleview and blossomed in every area of development. Their curriculum and enrichment class are amazing and totally geared toward the child at their level of development. The teachers are so warm, caring, nurturing that I felt comfortable leaving my precious one in their care. The director and teachers are always available to discuss both progress and challenges. Also, being a single mom, they became a big part of my support structure. Unfortunately, I had to leave the area for work, otherwise my daughter would still be there.”

– Stamm Family

“My son began attending Appleview at 19 months old and loved being there. Amanda, the teachers and staff are professional, attentive, knowledgeable, and took great care of my son. The communication with the school is the best I have experienced and my son thrived with the curriculum, extra activities and field trips through the 2.5 years he attended Appleview.”

– Family since 2013

“Finding the right school is much like shopping for a house – you know it when you’ve found one. That was our first impression with Appleview. The fresh scent in the classroom, bright and welcoming spaces, and details for children’s safety were only the baseline. The energy of the teachers, the loving and caring atmosphere, and a diverse student body, were the elements that won us over.

Now, four years and two children later, I can attest that Amanda and the staff had earned our *trust* and *respect* by demonstrating consistency on the quality of curriculum, equal attention to the children, balanced training on social as well as daily manners, and a continuous effort to provide a safer and better learning environment. We witnessed all of these in the past 1300+ days, and there is more.

Amanda and the staff shared their genuine love and thoughtfulness not only to the children, but to the parents as well, for example, their responsiveness to our requests and concerns, running out in the snow to get the kids in, festivities on holidays, and the well-anticipated, highly-praised parents-night-out to Moms and Dads for some R&R. All these up-and-beyonds have gone a long way.

Our children’s laughter in school is the best evidence of the wonder that Amanda and the staff made. We’d highly recommend Appleview, and we are confident that you’ll do the same after seeing that smile on your children’s face, too.”

– Li family

“I cant say enough good things about Appleview. Teachers and director are wonderfully warm and responsive to the children as well as the parents. My daughter was 3 months when she started and I used to call every day to check up on her. Director and asst. director were extremely friendly, informative and made me feel comfortable right away. The staff really provides an ideal setting for the introduction to formal education from a very young age. They are very patient, kind and loving. If I ever have a question or concern, it is addressed immediately. She is now in the older toddler program and learning new things every day. I along with the rest of my family and friends are impressed with how much she knows at her age and I give all the credit to her teachers. Education is A+ but, what I truly love most about the school is that it feels like everyone there – from the director and teachers to the other parents – knows and cares about your child’s growth and well-being. We cannot be happier!”

-Jerie Family

“We are Kidz Musik, a long-time “edutainment” (education & entertainment) program in Bergen and Hudson counties, est. 1999, with the majority of our programs in music and dance. We have been servicing multiple schools and recreation centers in the area, and have seen thousands of children through the years.

We can sincerely testify that we are very impressed with the structure of the Appleview operation and their loving care towards all of their students. We have been working with Appleview since their opening and would like to say: CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA AND STAFF! It’s only been a pleasure to see this school blossom to what it is now, and we have no doubt of your growth yet to come. Children are the “crme de la crme” of humanity and deserve only the very best from all of us! It is truly wonderful to witness happy children, under such loving care, in a nurturing environment that functions as an extension of their own homes and families!
Go Appleview Go!”

-Joe & Carmen from “Kidz Musik”

“Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! We are extremely happy and glad we chose to send our only son to Appleview. At one point, we felt almost jealous as Aniketh would prefer to be in school than at home. He has learned so much while he was in Appleview. Sometimes he amazed me when he explained life cycle of butterflies or solar system or solving any kind of puzzles. Teachers are wonderful each and ever one of them. He made so many new friends. I highly recommend Appleview Early Learning center.

Thank you Amanda and crew you guys are the best. Love you all

Thanks again for the wonderful 2 plus years of caring for and nurturing our son. We are grateful for that and will visit you guys when we are there next time.”

-Pramod family

“My experience at Appleview over the past two years was fantastic. Amanda and the teachers create a safe, friendly, non-competitive environment that allows the kids to learn and have fun, while parents feel comfortable leaving. Both of my boys loved every minute they were at Appleview – from the staff, to the classroom activities and extracurricular offerings. Appleview was the ideal school for my boys to begin their education. ”

-Castaldo Family

“God-Sent Place for Us”. -Mia and Christian’s Mom & Dad

“I’m a mom of two beautiful children like every other mom in the nearby area
with the exception that we have one child who has a chronic illness which is
a bit restraining on our options for childcare. Appleview is literally our
home away from home where we know that our children are safe and well cared
for. After interviewing several nannies and meeting with numerous child
care facilities, Appleview’s team demonstrated the highest competency level
when it came to our daughter’s respiratory therapies while outside the home.
We wanted to give her the most normal life possible and with a household of
dual incomes we needed to find a place where both our daughter and our
family were comfortable having her attend long hours because of our
demanding careers.

Appleview was a God sent place to us during a very trying period for us as a
family with a special needs child. Our daughter’s health issue required a space where it is immensely clean at
all times, direct supervision, timely efficiency in administering
respiratory therapies, and a place where she was gong to be intellectually
stimulated. This is a very impractical checklist because it requires a
facility to be seamlessly flawless. We feared because of the amount of
medicine from neonate that it would be difficult and challenging for our
daughter to progress, instead at Appleview she mastered talking, identifying
shapes, colors, and now can identify the alphabet and write her own name. It
is extremely comforting to know that such a place exists with such a
dedicated team of early learning teachers and aides. I think what I love
most is the open door policy of being able to drop in unannounced and the
daycare being encouraging of that. I have always been able to connect with
the aides and teachers and express my concerns. Additionally, the Director
has a poise and sensibility to her character that allows you to not be
frustrated if something isn’t quite how you expect it to be–she tries to
explore every avenue for a resolution but also finds a solution in a time-efficient matter.

Our little girl has been with Appleview since she was 13 months old. We are
proud to have see. our little girl advance to a Shiny Apple. Our son has been
in the Tiny Seeds nursery since my maternity leave finished at just 10 weeks
old. He is now 9 months and already standing and cruising. There is a sense
of a much rewarded feeling when you know your children are still thriving
while you are away maintaining your career.

The location is amazing as it is close to the ferry and NJ transit bus line,
which allow for flexible drop offs and pick ups between my husband and I absolutely love the option of extra curricular activities during the
school hours so weekends don’t have to be so hectic. And not to mention date
night! Yes, you read that correct. Appleview comprehends the need for mommy
and daddy to have a normal adult conversation over dinner just down the
road.

Our children have established some incredible friendships and I’ve met
some pretty incredible moms that I’m happy to call good friends today.

I’m a believer and perhaps more of an enthusiast of this facility because it
has helped our children and family in so many ways.”

– Mia and Christian’s mom

Appleview Early Learning Center & Preschool

Are apples healthy? Expert opinion from Roskachestvo

Before the apple season in Roskachestvo, an experiment was conducted: they examined apples from supermarkets, bought from the hands, in the markets, and also collected in the garden of a volunteer summer resident.

Roskachestvo completed a special project – the study of apples. We set ourselves the goal of answering three main consumer questions:

1. Is the external beauty of an apple really deceptive, and behind it lies an unhealthy fruit stuffed with “chemistry”?
2. Is it true that you can buy better and healthier apples from your grandmother than in a chain supermarket, where fruits lie for several weeks without changing their appearance?
3. How many differences can we find between purchased apples and apples from our own garden in the country?

We have not become attached to a particular variety. Therefore, a variety of types of apples took part in the special project:

• Bought from grandmothers. That is, from private sellers who allegedly sell fruits from their own garden.

• Bought from the markets. And so that they look like country houses – not the most beautiful, and therefore more trustworthy for the buyer: supposedly they are more natural.

• Also bought in the markets. But now they are very beautiful: red, glossy, liquid, from which there is little confidence in them.

• Beautiful imported apples bought in different chain supermarkets.

• Seasonal, not the most beautiful-looking apples bought in chain supermarkets.

• Plucked with his own hands in the garden of a summer resident-volunteer (with his consent, of course).

Special project dedicated to quality and safety of watermelons included 174 indicators. This number of parameters was a record. However, apples beat the record for watermelons. We examined these fruits according to 200 indicators, 148 of which are again pesticides. In addition, this is a check for the presence of nitrates, toxic elements and infections, as well as a strict organoleptic assessment (appearance, presence of defects, taste and smell, pulp condition) and usefulness assessment (content of iron, pectin, fiber, vitamin C and other useful elements ).

Unfounded fears – away!

Let’s figure out what exactly you don’t need to be afraid of in apples, what is not as popular as they say, and what the danger actually lurks.

There is definitely no need to be afraid of an increased amount of nitrates, radionuclides and GMOs. Tells Director of the Research Department of Roskachestvo Lyudmila Vikulova .

About nitrates:

– In the case of fruits that grow on trees, the fear of nitrates is unfounded. Apples grow on a tree, so they do not receive those harmful substances that can accumulate in the soil. including nitrates. Nitrates, as a rule, can accumulate in the roots of plants, so they are not found in large quantities in the fruits themselves.

About radionuclides:

– And the fear that apples might be radioactive is unfounded. Radionuclides, again, if they accumulate, then in the soil. Apples are a product in which there is little or no accumulation of radionuclides, compared, for example, with other vegetables and fruits. Well, in general, according to statistics, radionuclides have never been detected in apples. Therefore, there is no reason to think that they will suddenly appear there.

About GMO:

– No reason to improve apple varieties. Scientists breed hybrids and work with those crops whose yield needs to be increased. Among these, for example, potatoes, corn, wheat are mass consumption products. As for apples, not many genetically modified varieties have been bred at the moment. For example, one of the few is “Arctic”, which was bred by Canadian geneticists. However, its right to free circulation on the market is still being discussed.

The expert’s opinion is confirmed by the fact that we did not find excesses in these parameters in the studied apples.

You can be afraid, but we did not find

Spoilage of fresh fruits, vegetables and berries is quite common. Damaged, somewhere frozen, overripe … And add to this the wrong storage mode, for example, too humid and hot air – and that’s it! Nothing will save fruit from disease and spoilage.

However, the problem turned out to be not so acute: we did not find any violations in microbiological parameters in the studied apples . Namely: they did not contain mold, yeast, E. coli and other pathogens, as well as patulin.

What is patulin?

Patulin is a powerful toxin that forms in moldy and rotten fruits. If a characteristic brown spot appears on the skin of an apple, it means that the mycotoxin patulin has developed in it. The use of such an apple can lead to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. By the way, it is very “tenacious”: it is not killed even by pasteurization and conservation. The desire to use rotten apples for jam and jam is swept aside!

In our study, parasites also remained “out of work”. No eggs and larvae of helminths and cysts of intestinal pathogenic protozoa were found. By the way, do not confuse parasites with worms, which can sometimes be found in fruits (especially in those plucked in the country garden). These caterpillars are indicators that there are no insecticides in apples (otherwise they would kill the caterpillar) or other “chemistry”. If a worm eats the fruit, a person can safely eat it.

We will not say that there are no problems with microbiology and parasitology at all. But we did not meet them, which means that these problems are not so relevant for apples.

Also, we during the study did not meet apples that accumulated heavy metals . This problem is more relevant for root crops. Heavy metals can accumulate in potatoes, radishes, carrots, and beets. Among fruits and berries, black currants and gooseberries fall under the impact of heavy metals faster than apples.

Another vain fear is fruits treated with wax, or, as the people say, with paraffin.

To prevent apples from drying out and softening, in most cases they are processed by waxing, that is, using wax. Such apples stand out among nondescript fruits with a glossy sheen. Such “rejuvenating” apples can lie on the counter for much longer than those plucked at their own dacha. Usually they are suspicious of the buyer: they are too beautiful and stored for too long to be natural. Probably, people think, it’s the paraffin. However, this is a common misconception – wax is not dangerous in itself. It has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a coating on fruits and vegetables to preserve their appearance and prevent mold during transport, storage and sale. To wash off the wax, just wash the apple with plain warm water. But you can play it safe and wipe the surface of the apple with a cloth soaked in vinegar (for example, apple cider vinegar) or a solution of lemon juice and soda (1: 1).

Another issue is the toxic components that wax absorbs: pesticides (fungicides). As a general rule, a waxed apple has likely been treated with pesticides as well. Because the wax in this case serves as a kind of shell that fixes the pesticides. The goal is the same: to maintain a presentable appearance. However, pesticides are a completely different topic, they will be discussed below.

By the way, we did not meet wax on the skin of apples at all, although both ordinary-looking and beautiful, bulk apples took part in the study.

Pesticides – a sensitive issue

During the study, we did not find traces of pesticides only in country apples. But they were in all purchased. Thus:

1. The presence of “foreign” substances in apples does not depend on the country of origin. Pesticides can be found in both Russian and imported apples.
2. Betting on a particular point of sale will not insure you against the presence of pesticides in apples. And from the hands of a grandmother, you can buy fruits treated with “chemistry”.

However, we should not be afraid of what we have discovered. Fungicides were found in trace amounts that did not exceed the limits set by the European Union.

At the moment, in Russia, the presence of pesticides in apples is not regulated at the legislative level (with the exception of three types of pesticides, two of which have not been used in agriculture for decades). However, as the test results showed, they are in apples. Therefore, Roskachestvo took the initiative to correct the revealed imperfection of the legislation and sent a proposal to the Ministry of Agriculture to introduce standards for a wide range of pesticides. We took into account international experience and proceeded from the values ​​established in the world.

Firstly, this initiative is needed for the consumer: no one wants to be poisoned by “chemistry”. Secondly, it is necessary for our agriculture and the establishment of an import and export system. Such rationing will make it possible to control the indicators that are under control in Europe, and will help to avoid problems when exporting apples. And this is very important in the light of the fact that Russia is now developing the production of its own apples in order not only to provide the domestic market, but also to start exporting.

Most types of fungicides * were in apples from supermarket chains (both in seasonal ugly ones and in glossy imported ones).

* Fungicides – pesticides that protect the plant from fungi and preserve its presentation.

Despite the fact that the apples were treated with fungicides, the presentation of some of them was still badly damaged. The most popular defect is scab .

What is a scab?

Scab is a common apple disease. An apple with scab is covered with black spots. It is not dangerous for a person to eat such an apple, the scab will simply spoil the appearance of the fruit very much. By the way, scab is not contagious and will not be transmitted to healthy fruits, unlike, for example, fruit rot. However, fruits affected by scab become more vulnerable to other diseases (the same rot).

Why was scab found on apples treated with fungicides?

Either the apples were processed after the growing season (vegetation is the growth and development of plants), or after harvesting to extend the shelf life and transportation, or during the growing season, but the processing itself was ineffective.

One apple a day and… nothing will happen

“An apple for dinner and you don’t need a doctor,” says folk wisdom. In reality, this is not quite the case. Unfortunately, the results of our study show that many people are very misled about the benefits of apples.

The biggest misconception is that an apple is rich in iron.

This is indicated by a brown coating, which covers a fresh cut of the fetus in a matter of seconds. Allegedly, this is oxidized iron. Firstly, the brown coating on the apple is its protection against damage, the action of polyphenols (see below). Secondly, as the study showed, in order to fill the body’s daily need for iron *, you need to eat at least 2 kilograms of apples per day!

* The daily iron requirement for women is about 18-20 mg per day, for men – 15-18 mg per day.

Where does the brown coating come from on the cut of an apple?

From complex. Apple contains a lot of antioxidants – polyphenols. Oxidized by enzymes, they turn into quinones. Now it’s easier. Quinones are strong oxidizing agents that can react with anything. Accordingly, when they remain on a fresh cut of an apple, they react with oxygen and oxidize. A brown patch appears. The cut of bananas, peaches, pears, persimmons, potatoes and mushrooms also darkens. This reaction is the usual protection of fruits from pests. To start the oxidation process, you need to make a cut, which means damaging the apple. Imagine that the fruit is gnawed (that is, damaged) by a caterpillar. Firstly, the brown coating that forms on the damaged surface of the apple tightens the damage and protects the pulp of the fruit from penetration of the damage into the depths. Secondly, the substances that are formed as a result of oxidation processes are themselves toxic to microorganisms and fungi. They can harm the digestion of the caterpillar. Well, or just make the fruit tasteless to her.

Most iron in cocoa powder (22 mg per 100 g, 157% of the daily requirement). Then come sesame and seaweed (16 mg per 100 g, 114% of the daily requirement), after – wheat bran (14 mg per 100 g, 100% of the daily requirement).

One hundred grams of apples meet approximately 16% of the daily iron requirement. But in the same way, 100 grams of pears satisfy 16% of the daily requirement for iron. These are not record figures at all. As you can see, more iron is found not in fruits, but in products of a different origin. Even 100 grams of seeds satisfy 44% of the daily iron requirement. The leaders in iron content among fruits are quince (100 grams satisfy 21% of the daily requirement) and persimmon (100 grams satisfy 18% of the daily requirement).

The expert completely smashed the myth about the apple as a valuable source of iron:

Marina Kopytko

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Dietitian, Head of the Department of Dietology at the Revital Park Clinic

– It is believed that apples contain a lot of iron. In fact, firstly, there really isn’t much of it, and secondly, the iron found in apples is poorly absorbed by the body. This is the so-called inorganic form of iron. The most useful in apples is the macronutrient potassium. It has a complex effect: on the one hand, it is a diuretic, on the other hand, it has a beneficial effect on the heart, supports our nervous system. In addition, apples contain a lot of organic acids necessary for digestion: malic, citric. Finally, an apple has a lot of dietary fiber – fiber, which enriches our diet and makes the intestines work.

Read more about how apples are useful, and what benefits they are groundlessly attributed to – HERE .

It is curious that most of all malic acid was in country apples (two or even three times more than in purchased ones). Similarly with vitamin C. However, this depends on the variety and degree of maturity. During ripening, the amount of sugars may increase and the amount of vitamin C may decrease.

True, in order to satisfy the daily requirement, you will need to eat a little more than a kilogram of these apples. The least vitamin C was in beautiful apples. To meet the daily requirement, you will have to eat about four kilograms per day.

Apples are an excellent source of pectin. Although to meet the daily requirement, you need to eat about four apples. On the other hand, four apples are not four kilograms of apples.

– Pectin is one of the “components” of fiber, its subclass, – explains Marina Kopytko . – After all, in fact, fiber consists of several substances that are absorbed by our body in different ways. Pectin is found not only in the peel, but also in the juicy part. This soft, delicate fiber, which is allowed for use even by patients with gastritis. In this case, the apple must be peeled or baked, thus softening the fiber. Also, pectin is a sorbent: a “cleaner”. It draws out harmful substances from the body: heavy metals, pesticides, nitrites, end products of food digestion. Previously, such substances were called ballast: there are no calories, no vitamins – why eat? But they conducted an experiment and noticed that the intestines did not work well in people who limited fiber intake. A healthy intestine is our normal immunity. Previously, in hazardous industries, apple juice with pulp was specially distributed; there are no pectins in clarified juice. Now apple pectin is sold even as a separate product.

After , Marina Kopytko gave us a scientific justification for folk wisdom:

– There is an opinion that if you eat one apple a day, you will be healthy. This statement is based on the recommendation of the WHO (World Health Organization. – Ed.) to eat three fruits a day, preferably of different colors. The so-called “traffic light rule”. But where did the practical recommendation to eat at least one apple a day come from? Experts, based on sociological studies, found that Russians, in principle, eat little fruit. And for our country, apples are the most affordable fruit. Hence the recommendation. Apples are on sale all year round – that’s what they are good for .

How to choose?

The ideal apple should be:

• Whole, clean and firm to the touch.

• With a dry surface and without excess external moisture: traces of dew, rain or watering. Condensation caused by the temperature difference between the refrigerator and the counter does not count.

• No “wrinkles” or other signs of fading, and no dark spots.

• Free from damage to the skin caused by pests or diseases (eg scab). However, mechanical damage received by apples during transportation is allowed.

• Not light (at least 90 grams) and not small (at least 6 centimeters along the largest transverse diameter).

• No foreign smell: unpleasant, stale (well, when you eat, pay attention that there is no foreign taste).

• No white coating on the surface.

About the classification of apples

In GOST 34314-2017 for fresh apples there is a classification of apples. It is curious that it is based on red coloration: the best apple of the highest grade of group A should be almost completely red.

According to GOST 34314-2017, apples are divided into groups depending on color and varieties depending on quality (defects, etc.). With varieties, everything is simple. There are three commercial grades: the highest, the first and the second (the highest – allows minor, the second – allows a lot of defects). With groups – more difficult and more interesting. Apples are divided into four groups depending on the intensity and brightness of the red color:

A – red color;
B – heterogeneous red color;
C – pinkish color, non-uniform red color or with stripes of red color;
D – no requirements for coloring.

It is curious that apples of the highest grade of group A should be red in 3/4 of the total area, and the first grade of group A – only half. The highest grade B is half red, the first grade B is ⅓ red. Thus, in GOST there is a clear dominance of red apples over any others (yellow and green).

The most popular defect that we encountered in the study of apples is scab spots. There were also damage to the skin, pressure, abrasions, shape defects and spotting. In one case – even brown flesh. It is curious that all these defects were in the “nondescript” seasonal apples bought from the hands, in the markets or in supermarkets. Thus, the fungicides used for their cultivation are a substance harmful to humans, but not a panacea for apples at all. But the liquid beautiful apples from the markets and from supermarkets did not have any defects in appearance.

The studied apples were not affected by agricultural pests. But rotten and spoiled from overripe met.

Terminals

Finally, we come to the answers to the questions posed at the beginning of the study:

Is the external beauty of an apple really deceptive, and behind it lies an unhealthy fruit stuffed with “chemistry”?

No. As the study showed, “chemistry”, that is, pesticides, can also be in ugly apples that look like summer cottages, and even in hand-bought ones. Although we met only trace amounts. Despite this, there are more defects in these seasonal apples, they are more prone to rotting.

Is it true that you can buy better and healthier apples from your grandmother than in a chain supermarket where apples lie for several weeks without changing their appearance?

No. Both in apples bought in supermarkets and markets, and in apples from our hands, we found traces of pesticides. It is not known how the apples got into the hands at all.

How many differences will we find if we compare purchased apples and apples from our own garden in the country?

Yes. Only the apples harvested at the dacha were without traces of pesticides. Meanwhile, the appearance of country apples did not cause any complaints: no defects and no damage by pests or diseases. All purchased – treated with pesticides, albeit in small quantities. Thus, if you do not have your own apple tree, it does not matter where to buy apples. In any case, you are not immune from buying apples “with chemistry.” Even in the case of buying from hands: where is the certainty that the same grandmother sells apples not bought at a vegetable warehouse? But you should not be afraid either: we found only trace amounts of pesticides that do not exceed the standards established in the European Union.

All About Ordinary Apples | Project (preparatory group):

Research project: “Everything about ordinary apples”

Type of project: medium-term, research, group.

Duration: 1 month

Participants: children, educators, parents

Relevance of the project: the topic of health is always relevant, and strengthening and maintaining health is one of the most important tasks in our society. The apple is one of the most popular and loved by many fruits. Grows in our gardens. But not everyone knows about the benefits of apples. We really love apples! Therefore, we decided to find out: how are they useful for the body?

Problem: We read a lot of fairy tales in kindergarten. Once, while reading “The Tale of a Daring Young Man, Rejuvenating Apples and Living Water”, we learned about “rejuvenating” apples. And we thought, do rejuvenating apples really exist? We decided to find out.

Hypothesis: suppose that apples are not only tasty, but also healthy, and also necessary in the treatment of many diseases.

Purpose: to determine the benefits of apples and find out if all apples are useful.

Tasks:

1. Create conditions for collecting information about the beneficial properties of an apple, about the substances contained in its fruits.
2. To create conditions for studying the history of the origin of apples.
3. Carry out a series of experiments to study the properties of an apple.
4. Analyze the results obtained, draw conclusions on the topic of the study.
5. Develop cognitive and creative abilities in the process of joint activities.

Research methods:

1. collection and analysis of information on the topic;
2. interview with a kindergarten nurse;
3. experiment;
4. observation;
5. comparison;
6. study and generalization of information and results;
7. fixing the results with photography.
8. Reading cognitive literature, working with encyclopedias.

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The process of education and upbringing in kindergarten is aimed at revealing in the child’s personality those qualities that he will need to achieve any goals in the future. To develop the inquisitiveness of the mind, to acquaint with the properties of objects by direct observation of phenomena and processes, to form the ability to plan and analyze practical work – these are the tasks of the modern education system. The child is capable of independent search for knowledge, if the teacher has prepared the appropriate conditions for this.

The method of experimentation creates the necessary conditions for active learning, the discovery by the child of new knowledge about the world around him. In addition, experimentation stimulates the research activity of the baby, develops logical thinking, speech and analytical abilities, teaches to see and understand cause-and-effect relationships, and forms the basics of a scientific worldview.

This project about the beneficial properties of an apple is informative and educational, able to interest preschool children in studying the world around them. The work is aimed at familiarizing with the various properties of the apple, highlighting its dignity and useful properties.

One day a girl brought a new book of fairy tales to kindergarten. We read a fairy tale from a new book “About a brave young man, rejuvenating apples and living water. ” In this tale, the youngest son of the tsar managed to take magic apples for his old father from Koshchei the Immortal himself.

The guys thought about whether there really are rejuvenating apples or only in fairy tales, they began to reason. We know that apples have vitamins, they are good for health. But there are vitamins in other fruits, but they are not called rejuvenating. Why exactly apples? We didn’t know and decided to learn more about apples. We turned to parents for help, conducted a survey among children and parents, searched for material in encyclopedias and via the Internet.

We collected a lot of material from the Internet and encyclopedias, replenished our library with new books, mothers helped to design homemade books with poems, riddles, proverbs and sayings about apples, and even with recipes for delicious apple dishes. It turns out that people have known the apple tree since ancient times, and everyone loved apples and called them affectionately: heavenly, rejuvenating, golden! Apples are beautiful and delicious fruits. At first, ancient people gathered apples in the forests and ate them. They were small, sour and bitter-tasting apples. But gradually people learned to grow large, juicy and tasty apples. Now apples are grown in almost all countries. The children’s encyclopedia says that there are 10 thousand varieties of apples. Among all fruit trees, the apple tree ranks first. And also an apple tree and apples are the heroes of Russian fairy tales. We remembered many Russian folk tales where apple trees and apples are mentioned. The apple tree is always kind in fairy tales, and apples are magical. Remember, in the fairy tale “Geese Swans”: The girl runs further and sees that there is an apple tree. “Apple tree, apple tree, where did the geese fly?” The apple tree tilted its twigs and showed the girl where the swan geese had taken Ivanushka. And in the fairy tale “Rejuvenating Apples and Living Water”, the youngest son Ivan managed to take magic apples for his old father from Koshchei the Immortal himself. Apples helped Tiny-Havroshechka find her fiancé. In the fairy tale “A Silver Saucer and a Filling Apple”, the kind girl Mashenka, with the help of an apple and magic words, managed to see various wonderful pictures, and then she married the king, became a kind queen. A. S. Pushkin describes the apple very beautifully in The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs. True, this apple was bewitched by an evil stepmother, but it was very beautiful:

Full of ripe juice,

So fresh and so fragrant,

So ruddy, golden,

Like poured with honey!

See through the seeds.

All these tales show that people love the apple tree, they like the fruits of this tree. What are the benefits of apples? Are all apples the same?

We decided to experiment and took different varieties of apples. First, the guys sniffed them. They are fragrant apples. Considered. The green apple was the largest and shiniest, the others were smaller. And one was the smallest green and even with a small wormhole. Artyom said that they had some apples in their garden, when they ripened, they also had wormholes. Because Artyom’s parents do not treat apple trees with any chemicals from caterpillars, since this agent can also get on the fruits. And this is very unhealthy. And we concluded that with a wormhole, apples are not even bad at all, but on the contrary, this suggests that they were not treated with chemicals and they are healthier. A wormhole can simply be cut out.

We decided to taste apples. When we washed our apples with warm water, the green, shiny apple was still somehow sticky, so we put it in hot water. But even after that, it was a little sticky. From the Internet, we learned that apples that are brought from distant countries are covered with a protective layer of wax so that they do not deteriorate. It is very difficult to wash such an apple, it is better to peel it. But the skin of an apple contains the most useful substances, and if we cut it off, then the apple becomes not so useful. We concluded that it is better to buy local apples than beautiful, shiny apples from distant lands.

Liza also told us that she and her mother found out from the Internet why an unfinished or cut apple quickly darkens. This is due to the iron that is in the apple and is good for people, just like vitamins. It improves our blood. And it darkens because iron is oxidized with oxygen.

We decided to find out if all apples contain iron. We conducted such an experiment: we cut apples into two halves. For the first apple, one of the halves was smeared with lemon juice, for the second apple, one half was put in a plastic bag and tightly tied, and we simply cut the small one with a wormhole. Put all the halves on one plate. An hour later, we checked them and saw that the halves of the smallest green apple darkened most of all. The half in the bag darkened slightly, the half smeared with lemon turned out to be white, and the halves of a large green shiny apple darkened a little. With the help of this experiment, we found out that iron is in all apples, but most of all in the smallest green apple (it darkened the most), and least of all in a large shiny green apple (it almost did not darken). And in order to save a cut apple, you need to tie it in a bag, or even better, grease it with lemon juice, like a protective film, then it will remain beautiful longer and will not darken.

Irina Valerievna told us about the benefits of apples. She works as a nurse in our kindergarten and knows exactly what is good for children to eat. Irina Valerievna said that apples must be eaten, because there are a lot of vitamins there. These vitamins strengthen the immune system. Also, apples are high in pectin. This is a very useful substance, it removes all harmful substances from the body. Those children who eat apples every day never have a stomach ache.

Liza carried out this experiment with her mother at home. We bought apples in the store. They washed the houses well, cut them into pieces, put them on a baking sheet. Add 2 cups of water and squeeze some lemon juice. Then put in the oven for 2 hours. They took the apples out of the oven, they looked like mashed potatoes, strained everything through a clean white cloth and squeezed hard. The juice that was filtered was boiled a little more on a small fire, and it turned out to be jelly. This is pectin. Pectin is very useful. It is added when preparing jams, marmalade, marshmallows, marshmallows.

What do children and parents think about the benefits of apples? (sociological survey)

We were interested to know what the children from the preparatory groups and their parents think about the health benefits of apples. We asked the guys: do you like apples? Why are they useful?

Of the 40 children surveyed, almost all said they like apples because they are tasty and contain many vitamins. Only one girl does not like apples and never eats them. 23 answered that they eat apples every day, 10 – every other day and 7 children – very rarely. Nobody knew about pectin. Now we will tell everyone what a useful substance it is.

We asked parents: What kind of apples do you buy for your family – local or imported? How often do you eat apples? Do children need apples?

Of the 20 interviewed parents, half answered that they buy imported apples, and the second half that they buy both our local and imported ones. All parents believe that apples are healthy, but they do not eat them every day. We decided that we would make a special newspaper about apples so that all adults and children learn more about the benefits of apples.

But what about “rejuvenating” apples? It turns out that each person in the body has 3 apples: 2 – eye and epiphysis “third eye”. The pineal gland is a pineal gland located in the brain. Outwardly, it looks like a synapse apple or a cedar cone. The pineal gland secretes melatonin into the human body – the HORMONE OF YOUTH. The increase in the release of melatonin by the pineal gland in humans lasts up to 5 years, then gradually fades. Probably, this circumstance was the impetus for the creation of fairy tales about rejuvenating apples. Real apples and pine nuts activate the work of the pineal gland. Apples are also used in cosmetology in the production of creams and shampoos.

And of course the question arises – how to eat and store apples? Compotes, jams, jelly, jam are prepared from apples, but there are practically no vitamins left in such dishes, because. after heat treatment, they disappear. Apples are best eaten fresh or dried. Dried apples (children called them chips) can be replaced with sweets. The guys and I dried apples in a special dryer. We cut clean apples into circles and put them in the dryer. After two hours the chips were ready. We liked them very much. And tasty, and healthy, and vitamins are preserved because. drying temperature was low.

Conclusion.

While working on the research, we learned about the history of apples, how Russian people described the apple tree in fairy tales, and also that not all apples are equally useful.

We are convinced that the chosen topic is important. After all, if you want to be healthy, you need to eat right, eat the right foods. Children and adults should definitely eat 2-3 apples a day. This is especially important for children as they grow up. No wonder they say “Eat apples in the morning – you will not go to the doctors.”

Of all the varieties of apples sold in markets and stores, it is best to choose local varieties.