Object: an apple

Good morning, boys and girls. What time of the year is it? (Let them respond.) It's summer! Do you go to school every day in the summer? (Let them respond.) No, it's summer vacation. What are we taking a vacation from? (Let them respond.) That's right, we take a vacation from school and work because we need some time off to rest and relax. It's nice not to have to get up quite so early. You can do fun things that you don't have time to do during the rest of the year. I brought an apple today. Apples remind me of school because in the olden days when probably your grandparents were in school, children used to bring an apple to the teacher. It was a way of telling your teacher that you liked them.

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