Apple Sensory Activities for Kids

The smell of apples and apple pie spice is just one of those things that reminds you that fall is coming (if it isn’t already here, which it won’t be for quite some time where I live). If apple picking isn’t on your agenda this year, or you just want to bring some apple themed sensory activities into the home or classroom, read on.

Views from a Stepstool has a recipe for apple pie spice cloud dough, and now I’m wondering why I never made scented cloud dough when my daughter was playing with it. (The recipe we used had baby oil in it and I hated the smell, but she loved to play with it so I made it anyway. The things we do for our kids.)

Of course where there’s cloud dough, there needs to be play dough, too, right? Here’s a recipe for apple scented playdough from Preschool Play and Learn. Grab some apple playdough mats from Natural Beach Living to go along with it.

Make red and green “apple” stress balls out of balloons with this idea from Little Bins for Little Hands. You can even use them as a STEM activity by trying to stack them, a la Ten Apples Up On Top.

And while we’re talking about sensory things we’ve got to mention a few sensory bins, right? Try an easy and low-prep apple washing bin like this one from Busy Toddler, or make a fun apple orchard themed bin with this idea from I Heart Crafty Things.

Fun-a-Day has a great apple sensory bin made with dry chickpeas that are dyed different apple colors and uses apple pie spice to give you double sensory duty. This one is so cute! You can also use colored rice as the base if you don’t have chickpeas handy, like in this sensory bin from Life Over Cs.

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Apple Learning Activities

Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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