Apple-themed activities seem to flourish at the start of the school year.
Whether you are looling for ideas for an apple unit at school or homeschool, or you just want a few fun learning activities for fall, there are plenty of fun apple activities for kids to choose from.
We had fun with our own apple unit in homeschool, starting with a few preschool apple math activities using pom-poms.
We used red, yellow, and green pom-poms to represent apples for these fun apple unit activities.
For more math fun, check out our apple skip counting activity.
Apple Math Activities
Sorting: Sort the “apples” into baskets by color. You could also do size if you have different sized pom-poms. (Our baskets are empty yogurt containers that have been washed and dried.)
Patterns: Use the pom-pom apples to work on patterns. You can challenge your child to create their own patterns or give them a type of pattern you want created (such as a simple AB pattern or an AAB pattern).
For younger students you might want to start a pattern and then ask them which color would come next in the pattern you created.
One-To-One Correspondence: Work on one to one correspondence with the pom-poms as you count. Line up the pom-poms and show your child how to point to each “apple” as you count.
Counting: Ask your child to count out a specific number of apples. I created simple construction paper apples and wrote different numbers on them for my kindergartner to then count out that many apples.
Addition and Subtraction: Use the pom-pom apples as manipulatives to work on adding and subtracting skills.
You could use the pom-poms to help your child work on addition or subtraction problems on pre-made math worksheets. Or you could create your own math problems to work on together. (If I have 5 red apples and I add 4 green apples, how many apples do I have total?)
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