____________________________________________   I have small apples that I put numbers on that I can use for a variety of skills. I tell my students to use the apples to make the following problems in the apples! Young children -  Take 3 apples and add them all together....
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Have a variety of apples available; Granny Smith, Gala, McIntosh and any others you may have in your area.  Prepare by cutting up  the apples into slices and make a graph for everyone to make select their favorites then let the fun begin.  I always ask my students to “try” something new whenever I...
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Cut apples into a variety of  cuts; cut in half horizontally, cut vertically and quarter slice. Prepare a flat surface with paint on a folded piece of paper towel (it makes it like an ink pad).  Using green, red, yellow and orange play up the fall colors and look great in any combination. Place...
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This fall instead of weighing pumpkins, we are weighing apples.  It should be fun! We are also going to go to an apple orchard.  I came up with some simple worksheets for my multi-age classroom. Making something fresh to practice comparing, balancing a scale, adding weights and problem solving is always fun. I’ll have...
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Children get excited when they can take a seed and watch it sprout into something entirely different. This is a great way to get your child interested in nature and the cycle of life. Materials: water paper towel apple seeds small plastic bag Collect the seeds while you are preparing the apple sauce or cutting them...
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Children learn so much when they help in the kitchen. Besides, cherishing the time with you, they learn that measuring makes a difference and it’s a step towards being a self-sufficient adult. Making apple sauce is easy and yummy and your children will enjoy the fact that they helped make it while they eat...
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Painting with apples cut in various shapes gives your child an opportunity to explore textures, shapes and colors in a safe environment. Materials: 2 apples knife paper plate butcher block or white construction paper tempera paints in assorted colors Cut the apples to create different shapes: Cut one apple horizontally – when apples are cut...
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Turning an ordinary apple into an apple creation with its own unique personality is great fun! Children of all ages enjoy making crazy faces for their apple creations. Materials: assorted apples markers or crayons clear labels, transparent tape or store bought stickers Have your child pick his favorite apple to decorate into an apple person...
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Any lesson that involves food will capture the attention of your child and having an opportunity to be a food critic has a definite appeal to it (no pun intended). Materials: A selection of apples – you can use the same apples from the sorting activity. pencil or crayons activity sheet for tasting apples PDF...
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Make going to the fruit market an adventure for your child. Tell him he will be doing some projects with apples and let him pick out different kinds of apples to use for the projects. Materials: - red, green and yellow apples - red, green and yellow construction paper Let your child pick out red, yellow...
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