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
- 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
- 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
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
