Make practicing counting, adding, and more extra fun with this hands-on fall math! This apple math helps pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders practice a variety of early learning skills such as counting, addition, and writing while having fun. This apple activity is perfect for September or first week of school activity.
Apple Math
This super cute apple activity for preschoolers is a great way to help early learners review a variety of skills with a fun apple math project. In this apple theme, kindergartners can practice counting apples, tracing nmbers in the salt tray, form number bonds, add apples together to find the sum, and so much more! The possibilities for uses as apple activities for kids during September are endless. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler you will love this fall learning activity!
Apple activity for preschoolers
You will need:
- Apple manipulatives(make your own like us from salt dough or use mini erasers, for example. Red bottle tops can work too!)
- Green craft foam or cardboard
- Tray and some small containers
- Salt
- Writing utensil(we used a red straw)
Apple Counting
Cut leave shapes from the craft foam/cardboard. Number your leaves. You can go up to whichever number your child is familiar with. Add them to a container and add the manipulatives to another container.
Add all the supplies mentioned above to the tray as seen in the image.
Your little ones can simply pick a numbered leaf, recognize the number, write the number in the salt and count out manipulatives accordingly.
Apple Theme
Children that are a bit older can use this tray for making sums.
First, decide if it would be an addition sum or subtraction sum. This will depend on which skill your child need practice. When introducing sums, we typically start of with addition and then subtraction.
Then, pick two leaves. For addition sums any number can go first, but for subtraction sums the largest number must go first(a lesson on its own). Add the leaves and count out the corresponding manipulatives. Now count them all together(for addition) or take away some(for subtraction) to get to the answer. Write down the answer in the salt or find the correct leave as answer.
Apple activities for kindergarten
This is a simple way to practice writing and sums, but quite effective because it is hands-on- meaning the child experiences the mathematical side by handling the manipulatives.
Would your child like this apple tray activity?
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Counting 0-10
If you are looking for some more fun, engaging, hands-on, and free printable counting activities for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners – check out these great resources!
- Numbers 1-5: 5 Little Monkeys Printable counting activity, Counting Farm Animals
- Dab the Path Number Recognition Worksheets, count and trace preschool number worksheets 1-10, free printable tracing numbers 1-10, pirate number tracing worksheets, or these School Supplies preschool numbers worksheets 1-10 pdf
- Bingo Marker Pages – number bingo dauber worksheets or farm counting bingo dauber worksheets,
- Fruit Loops Ten Frame Math Cards, FUN Goldfish Printable Counting Cards (1-12 Counting Goldfish Activity), Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Counting Games for Preschoolers, number sense butterfly math activities for preschoolers, or Firefly Printable Math Game
- Counting Umbrella Craft Preschool, Barnyard Counting Clip Card, Vegetables Counting From 1 to 10 clip cards, Zoo Animals Counting Worksheet, free apple counting worksheets
- Caterpillar Numbers 1-10 Printable book to count, color, and trace and coordinating The Very Hungry Caterpillar Flashcards
- Super cute, Free Playdough Number Mats, Fingerprint Activity Worksheet, or Firefly Free Printable Counting Worksheets
- Counting Apple Playdough Mats with ten frame (or this free printable apple counting book)
- Bowling Counting Activities for Preschoolers, Camping math activities for preschoolers, or Donut Printables Counting Playdough Mats (number names)
- Cute Spider math activities for preschoolers with Playdough Mats, Butterfly Ten Frame math activities for preschool, or these butterfly math worksheets
- Free Printable Numbers 1-10 for Preschoolers (use with playdough, lego, stickers, etc.), Counting Wheels 0-10 – Counting Activity Preschool
- Plant a Number Line to 10 or practice counting with these bug worksheets preschool
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- Pizza Counting Game or this Monster Teeth Playdough Mats
- Focus on one number at a time: Number 1 Worksheets, Number 2 Worksheets, Number 3 Worksheets, Number 4 Worksheets, Number 5 Worksheets, Number 6 Worksheets, Number 7 Worksheets, Number 8 Worksheets, Number 9 Worksheets, Number 10 Worksheets,
- Free Printable color by number worksheets like these space color by number or ocean color by number
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- 1:1 Correspondence Pom Pom Counting Activity, Bird One to One Correspondence Activity with free printable and jelly beans, Flower counting activity for preschool with circle stickers, or Counting Spaghetti and Meatballs Game
- Free Number Coloring Pages 1-10, banana number puzzles, or Free Printable Number Tracing Worksheets
- 100 FUN and Free Printable Number Sense Activities and Games
- Learn number names with these free printable number words worksheet set
