Home Preschooling in September: Apples!

This month’s thematic theme for preschoolers is APPLES! I’ve also included some beginning autumn activities here and there. 

Wondering how this works? Use the compiled list below as a starting point for your own homeschooling or use for supplemental activities. I will post monthly thematic units as the year continues. 

Enjoy! Genevieve 

Reading, Vocabulary, & Literature

• Read a minimum of 20 minutes per day to your child
• Go to your local library and look-up/checkout both fiction and nonfiction books on apples and autumn. Let your child help you select the books. Have her read the pictures or retell the story to you.
• Ten Apples Up On Top (also a Art/Fine motor activity)
• Vocabulary Words: apple, red, green, yellow, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, seed, tree, picking, orchard, pollinate, apple, cider, apple sauce, core, apple pie, Johnny Appleseed (source: Busy Teachers Cafe)
• Flannel Story: Five Little Apples

Letters & Writing 

• Appleseed “A” 
• Printable Letter “A” #1 with Apple theme
• Printable Letter “A” #2 with Apple theme
• Printable Letter “A” #3 with Apple theme
• “L” is for Leaf
• Alphabet Apple Tree

Math

• Apple patterning
• Apple graphing
• Apple dot-to-dot (1-10)
• 100 Apples
• Edible Math Apples
• Apple Fraction Faces
• Create estimation jars using acorns

Science 

• Create a diagram of the parts of an apple
• Apple Facts (pick and share one fact a day with your child)
• Johnny Appleseed Book Video (Scholastic) 
• Johnny Appleseed Song (Disney)

Cooking

• Bake an apple pie
• Stir up some traditional apple sauce
• Make my favorite…apple crisp!
• Dare to make Red Hot apple sauce

Art & Fine Motor

• Apple Star Stamping
• Apple Turkey (might want to save this for November too!)
• Family Hand Print Tree
• Apple Pie Play Dough

Music

• Apple Seed (tune: Twinkle, Twinkle)
• Apples, Apples (tune: Twinkle, Twinkle)
• More Apple Poems & Songs
• The Apple Song

Outings, Sensory, & Large Motor 

• Visit an apple orchard and pick apples!
• Apple Sensory Tub
• Apple Toss (use rolled up socks if need be!)
• Autumn Tree
• Apple & Acorns Sensory Tub
• Have kids roll down the hill or on the grass like apples
• Bob for apples

Faith & Love

• Apple Garland 

Online Educational Fun

• Starfall
• ABCya
• Dance Mat keyboarding (do not focus on hand position at this age)
• Phonics Song #1
• Phonics Song #2

Apple Stacking photo© Copyright Hugh Chevallier and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence