Pie in the Sky Project by Elan Ferguson

Pie in the Sky is a children's book by Lois Ehlert. It is about growing cherries and making a delicious cherry pie. It has a recipe inside for cherry pie and beautiful illustrations done in collage.

Supplies: Glue
Brown and Tan Paper
Red Paper
Red/Copper glitter
Red Crayons
Cinnamon

First pass out round paper with crust like edges. The children can then color the inside of the pie with a red crayon. I like to pretend that the red crayon is like the cherry juice. Drizzle glue in the center and have them place a certain amount of red circles (cherries) in the middle of the pie crust. The child could sprinkle red/copper glitter and cinnamon. They should smell the cinnamon first so that they learn or be reminded of it's smell.
The top crust should be applied by first doing the three to four vertical lines and then three to four horizontal lines.
This project encourages touching, seeing, listening (for step by step instruction) and smell

Vocabulary: crisscross, vertical, horizontal, middle