On this page you'll find a variety of Preschool Apple Activities to add to your own Apple lesson plans,
including hands on, and low prep printable preschool activities! Below you will find a variety of fun, engaging, and developmentally appropriate preschool activities that our team has suggested, including: Apple literacy activities, Apple activities for circle time, Apple science activities, Dramatic play apple activities , AND MORE!
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Community Member Jenny T. shared this photo of a craft her kids created. Simply cut slits into the cardboard tube "trunks" to support the bow, They used fingerprints to add apples to the trees, so cute!
Craft some apple pies with a paper plate. Paint the plate brown and add on some spices (cinnamon, cloves, allspice) for texture and scent. Next, use some scalloped craft scissors to cut brown paper strips for the crust. Glue the crust on top in a criss cross pattern.
Create a stained glass apple, you will need an apple frame cut from construction paper, two pieces of clear contact paper, red/yellow/green pieces of tissue paper. Lay down one piece of contact paper, place the apple frame and have the child place the tissue paper one at a time onto the apple frame covering all the clear space. Once completed cover it with remaining contact paper and display in your windows.
Set up a bowl of different colored apples on the table. Put out various art materials (crayons, markers, water colors) and paper. Invite children to create what they see.
Create an Apple Stand, or Apple Pie Stand. Add pie plates, Felt Crusts, and plenty of Baking Supplies (Small Cookie Sheets, Mixing Bowls, Measuring Cups, and Spoons).
The Pre-K Printable Fun Dramatic Play Pie Stand Set makes it easy to create fun felt apple pies and includes all of the props you'll need to create your own pie stand! You can even use this set to print your own play food!
Our member Sherry W. of First Friends Family Day Care shared this adorable pie making set up.
Sherry set out pie tins, pom pom apple pie filling and her own pie crust toppers.
A Farmers Market Dramatic Play invitation is a great addition to your activities this week. A couple tables, signs, and props from the classroom and you're ready to play!
Have children dress up like Johnny Appleseed by adding some lightweight pots kids can use as hats, messenger bags and some vest and then pretend to plant apple trees. This costume is available on amazon.
Create your own apple orchard by cutting out trees, taping them up and using items such as colored pom poms, balls of yarn to demonstrate the apples. Have the children go apple picking in the orchard!
Add materials for children to create an orchard in the block center. Add small pretend apples (or red, green, and yellow pom poms), trees, and other items for inspiration. Encourage children to build a fence around the orchard with blocks.
Provide children with real or plastic apples and play dough. Invite them to stick the apples together to create different structures.
This Apple STEM Snack is a great addition to your activities for this theme! Get your preschoolers engaged in planning and constructing their very own snack skyscraper and then they get to deconstruct as they eat a healthy snack.
Leave out recycled materials like paper towel rolls, plastic jugs etc. Add craft materials such as pom poms and craft sticks. Challenge children to build an apple tree.
Club member Sheena W. transformed the Apple Letter Seek and Find game from the Apples Preschool Activity pack into a sensory activity. She filled her sensory bin with paper grass, then hid the letters inside. As each letter was found her preschooler marked it on the recording sheet using a dot marker.
Set up an invitation to practice writing letters using letter formation cards, and a simple writing tray with a base of sand or salt. For this activity we reduced the print size on our letter formation mats to make the perfect sized cards for tracing.
For some added apple fun you can add a little cinnamon. Colored sand can often be found in the craft section of department stores or dollar stores.
Apple Letter Sorting Activity from Community Member Sherry W. She used little erasers and wrote the letters on them.
Pair the first letter sounds page from the Apples Preschool Activity pack with the seek and find sheet and colored sand to create this fun invitation!
Simply pace the seek and find sheet on a tray and cover with sand. Provide a paint brush for children to sweep the sand and find letters. When a letter is found, encourage the preschooler to find the object that has the matching beginning sound and mark with manipulative of your choice.
Community Member Sherry W of First Friends Family Child Care. She added Stamps and stamp pads for children to create the word APPLES. I love that she included both green and red colors for the stamps.
Use the 3-part cards included in our Apples Preschool Activity pack as a matching game to support literacy development. These cards can also be used along with apple exploration invitations such as an apple investigation, making applesauce, or making apple pies.
Read the book How do Apples Grow by Betsy Maestro, then follow-up with the extension activity below.
After exploring the book, invite your preschoolers to observe an apple seed sprouting.
For this experiment you will need apple seeds, zipper bags, and paper towels.
Begin by dissecting an apple with your preschooler (consider using the Apple Investigation Pack as a guide), as you are dissecting be sure to talk about all the parts of an apple, provide the technical names for the different parts of an apple.
Remove the seeds from the apple, you may also wish to save apple seeds ahead of time so you have plenty to go around.
Each child will need a moist paper towel, encourage them to place their seeds on the paper towel allowing some space between each. Then seal the zipper bag most of the way leaving about an inch open for air flow.
Next, encourage your preschooler to draw a picture of what they see, also consider taking a photograph for reference. Place the baggie in the fridge and check every few days to see if there are any changes.
It can take quite a bit of time for the seed to sprout. Experiments and projects that happen over a period of time support children in historical thinking and recalling information. The photos and drawings will be helpful in supporting this development as well.
Club Member Sheena W used the Apple Sight Words Editable pack to create a name building activity for her preschooler. This editable set let's you add your own words (or letters) to the cards and mats in the set to make your own literacy activities.
