Apple Adventures in Kindergarten

                 

Apple week is one of our favorite weeks of the Kindergarten school year!I wanted to share some of the things we do!

The kids get a kick out of finding out how many apples tall they are - their first introduction to non-standard measuring. 10 Apples up on top by Dr. Seuss- We love reading this story during apple week! And for those of you looking for a companion activity to Ten Apples Up on Top, here is a free Math activity to help your students  use the ten frame to add to 10! And of course while we work we listen to Jason Mraz's video of Ten Apples Up on Top!

Apple stamping and a puppet!- We send a note home and ask for each child to bring in an apple to use to stamp a fall leaf that we will use for a writing activity in weeks to come. This is what the apple stamped leaves looked like in years past in our hallway! It took me years before I started using a fork in the apple to help with stamping! 😆

                                

Johnny Appleseed story and puppet- There's nothing like a paper bag puppet!  This is the template we use - the kids are using fine motor skills!

We investigated our apples after cutting them during Science. They loved using their magnifying glass to really take a close look. They used tweezers to pick out all the seeds and count them.   

Our librarian is our Kindergarten mascot! She is so fun and is always dressing up for the occasion. She'll be dressing up as an apple (Oriental Trading) again and reading some fun apple stories this week!

We plan to use these 4 digital games Gloria created. There are two math and two literacy games included that are compatible with google slides and seesaw! We assign these games on seesaw and the kiddos love them! These games work on one to one counting, counting to 10, letter tracing, and letter matching.

Video of the 4 games in action

Our newest product is Counting and Tracing apples! It is both digital and pdf!

Enjoy your apple week everyone!