Apple Unit

My apple unit starts around Johnny Appleseed’s Birthday, Sept 26, and goes through the first part of October. October is National Apple Month.

Books:

Poems:

(Click on above link to see words of poems)

Activities:

  1. I have all the students bring in apples and any empty cans, labels, or boxes of apple products.
  2. Discuss different types of apples and the lifecycle of an apple.
  3. Make a Johnny Appleseed Puppet.(Pattern comes from The Teacher’s Friend)

  4. Make an apple core mobile.(Pattern come from The Teacher’s Friend)
  5. Make an Apple Science Booklet in the shape of an apple. Predict and see if an apple sinks or floats. Predict and see how many bites it takes to get to the apple core. Predict what kind of apple like the best/predict and then have a taste test and see. You can also make a graph to go with this. Predict and then measure the circumference of an apple. Predict the weight and then weigh an apple. Predict and then see how many seeds are in an apple.

  6. Bob for apples.
  7. Make Johnny Appleseed Sandwiches (I also have a little book they can make with the directions in it from The Mailbox Kindergarten Aug/Sept 1995)-Use 1 apple slice for the bottom of the sandwich. Spread peanutbutter on the apple slice. Use 1 apple slice for the top of the sandwich.

  8. Apple Sequence cards-students put the cards in sequence. There is a picture of a whole apple. One with one bite out of it. One with two bites out of it. And one with just the apple core.
  9. The Little Red House With No Doors story
  10. Apple prints

  11. Make apple trees by making the apples out of thumbprints dipped in red paint or ink pad.

  12. AIMS apple tree-cut strips half way down a paper bag from the opening of the bag. Then undo and wrap the bag into a tree trunk. Children can tear red paper or tissue paper to glue on as apples.

  13. Make applesauce
  14. Make caramel apples
  15. Dissect an apple and talk about the parts of an apple.
  16. Make an apple puppet. (Pattern from the Teacher’s Friend)
  17. Graph fruit from the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
  18. 10 Apples Up On Top booklet- I have animals with numbers 0-10 on them. The children use an apple stamp to put the correct number on apples on top of the animals’ heads.
  19. Johnny Appleseed envelopes-recycle the apple seeds from activities and have the children put them in envelopes, decorate, and give to a friend to plant. Just like Johnny Appleseed.
  20. I have some apple color word sheets they do since we are working on colors and color words.
  21. Talk about the states that are known for apple production- California, New York, Michigan, Washington, and Oregon. This was good to incorporate when we did our postcards at calendar time.
  22. Observe apples as they are cut open and exposed to air. Let the children use magnifying glasses to get a closer look.
  23. Apple Puppet

  24. More Apple Ideas

Apple Recipes

Letter Charts:

  1. I do letter charts for the letters: Aa for apple, Jj for Johnny, and Rr for red.
  2. I have an grab bag with apples in it with all the letters printed on the apples.
  3. I assess lowercase letters by having the children trace a big apple. I then print the lower case letters on the apple. A sticker goes on each letter the child knows until he/she knows them all.

Picture and Words:

I use pictures of apples, apple trees, Johnny Appleseed, etc.

Journal Topics:

  1. Favorite color of apple
  2. Anything about apples
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