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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Printable Letter Books for Preschoolers

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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