Apple Activities to Get Ready for Fall

September 9, 2016 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

There are so many fun ideas for things to do with kids that have to do with apples, whether you’re in a classroom environment or just want to do something fun with the kids on the weekend. Here are a bunch of ideas to get you started on an apple unit study or fun apple activities to do with one or a few kids.

Apple Theme Unit Study

1 Plus 1 Equals 1 did a weeklong apple theme unit with her kindergarten daughter and lays out what was on their shelves, different activities they did and where to get all the printables. She also has a collection of apple theme activities printables that would be fun for kindergarten and beyond.

This apple syllable sorting activity from Royal Baloo is really cute and a great way to get kids to play with syllables. She also has an apple multiplication activity and a Johnny Appleseed unit study.

Make a paper plate apple shaker with Craft Create Calm.

Apple Science

See how an apple rots and if different substances (water, vinegar, oil) help keep an apple from rotting with this experiment from Gift of Curiosity.

Learn all about apples, explore apple parts, whether apples float or sink and more with these apple science ideas from Little Bins for Little Hands.

Make apple volcanoes with this tutorial from the Resourceful Mama.

More Apple Activities

Need more apple inspiration? Check out these roundups of ideas from Little Bins for Little Hands and Homeschool Creations. Those should keep you in apple activities through the season!

Do you do learning activities with apples? I’d love to hear your ideas.

Check out more fall fun with these roundups:

Halloween Themed Printables for Kids

Bat Crafts and Learning Activities

Fall Learning Activities

Pumpkin Learning Activities

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Fall-Themed Literacy Activities

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

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