Apple Theme

Place a large apple tree and have a child(ren) place ten red apples numbered 1-10 on it.  Count as you do it.

Apple Craft
Use the apple pattern at Preschool Express: Apple Patterns.  Cut the apple out of red paper.  Cut a green leaf.  Cut a brown stem and glue onto the back of the apple.  Make finger prints using your favorite color of paint. Hole punch a hole and hang using yarn.

Apple Tree Craft
Take a 9-inch paper plate.  Make a brown trunk (with a larger bottom).  Glue it onto the back of the paper plate.  (For older children (or homeschooling), have the children tear some brown construction paper for the trunk and glue it on a white trunk.)  Fingerprint with red, green, and/or yellow paint (or glue pieces of paper) onto the paper plate.  (If desired, you can number ten of the painted or glued on apples.)

Apple Tree
Author unknown

Way up in the apple tree
Two red apples smiled at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came the apples
Mmmm - were they good!

As you say this fingerplay, have the children place their hands above them (connecting their fingers together) to form a apple tree.
Show 2 fingers and smile.
Shake the tree.
Drop two rolled up red socks (parent/teacher at first and then have each child take turns).
Rub tummy (stomach).

Way Up High (In The Apple Tree) is on "Toddler Trio" or as a separate CD called "Silly Favorites".  I found "Silly Favorites" at Walmart.  The above fingerplay is a little different.  It also has other verses on the CD.

Ten Little Apples Book
Make an apple tree shaped book.

On the cover and the first page, write, "Ten (10) Little Apples".  On the left hand side of the book, number each page through the number "10".  Have the child paint the correct number of apples on each page.  (For older children, you can have them tear and glue the correct number of pieces of red construction paper onto the page.) In the inside, glue the words on the opposite side of the cover.

If you don't know the tune of this song, go to Kidz Korner: Ten Little Indians or NIEHS: Ten Little Indians.

Ten Little Apples Song and Flannel Board Activity
Trace around a small round object using a pencil (or use a circle pattern).  Cut out ten apples using red (or green or yellow) felt.  Make a tree trunk using brown felt and the a large green piece (for the leaves) using green felt.

Have the children place them on the flannel board as this song is sung. 

Ten Little Apples
Copyright © 2000 Barbara Pratt.  All rights reserved.

Tune of: "Ten Little Indian Boys"

One little, two little, three little apples.
Four little, five little, six little apples.
Seven little, eight little, nine little apples.
Ten little apples on the tree.

Make an apple book called, "Ten (10) Little Apple Seeds".  On the cover and the first page, write, "10 Little Apple Seeds".  On the left hand side of the book, number each page through the number "10".  Have the child paint the correct number of seeds on each page.  (For older children, you can have them glue pieces of brown yarn or apple seeds.) In the inside, glue the words on the opposite side of the cover.  If you don't know the tune of this song, go to Children's Songs or Kid Songs.

Ten Little Apple Seeds
Copyright © 2000 Barbara Pratt.  All rights reserved.

Tune of: "Ten Little Indian Boys"

One little, two little, three little apple seeds.
Four little, five little, six little apple seeds.
Seven little, eight little, nine little apple seeds.
Ten little apple seeds there are.

Ten little, nine little, eight little apple seeds.
Seven little, six little, five little apple seeds.
Four little, three little, two little apples seeds.
One little apple seed.

Find the star in the apple.  Cut it across, not up and down or you won't see the star.  (You can read the poem, "The Apple Star" (at the bottom of the page) as you cut the apples.)

Eat one side of the apple and keep the other side for this craft:

Apple Stamping
Cut the apple across.  Dry off with a paper towel.  Take a paint brush and paint on the apple. Stamp your apple onto a piece of paper.  Let dry.

Apples and Bananas
Lyrics & music.

Game
Apple Number Game
Take a cookie cutter or Preschool Express: Apple Patterns (reduce them some so you can get a lot on one page) and trace or copy 20 of them.  Color them red and the stem brown.  Number 10 of them, "1, 2, ... 10.  The other 10, draw 1 apple seed, 2 apple seeds, ... 10 apple seeds on them.  Laminate or place clear contact paper on them.  Have the child place them in order.  If they are older and/or understand the concept of matching the number with the number of seeds, have them do that too.

Note: You can make this a file folder game.

Tune of: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
To hear the tune, click here.
Have one child or adult be a worm and the other be an apple.  Have the worm go through the apple (between the legs).

Apple Dot-to-dot (a-s) or Apple Number Dots (pdf) Numbers 1-10 and 1-24
Place in your "Aa" book.

Apple Puzzle @ Treasures of the Heart Childcare

Books
           
            
Apple Books
Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg

Cooking & Snacks
Make apple sauce.

Apple Boats

Cut an apple into fourths.  Cut out the cores.  Place a wooden toothpick in one side of the apple and then a large marshmallow on it.

Apple Smiles
Peel and core an apple.
Cut it into slices.
Place some caramel, melted chocolate chips, or peanut butter on it.
Have the children decorate it using raisins, chocolate chips, gum drops, etc. to make a happy apple.

Apple Volcanoes

Ingredients:
Apple
Peanut butter/other type of nut butter, or caramel
Raisins, chocolate chips or other type of chip
Knife
Teaspoon

Cut off the top of the apple. Using spoon, scoop out core of apple.  Fill the apple with butter/other type of nut butter, or caramel and top with raisins, chocolate chips or other type of chip.

If you want to eat this later, brush the apple edges with lemon juice to prevent browning and wrap in foil.

Cinnamon (Apple) Crepes
Pratt's Desserts or Dairy-free Desserts
Apple Crisp, Canned Fruit Pies: Apple Pie, Apple Spice Cake & Applesauce Spice Cake, Cocoa Apple Cake, or Fruit Cookies

My Pages
How Many Apple Seeds? (song, cookies, and books)

Links

Printables
See food and fruit for coloring pages.