"I Picked an Apple" Lesson Plan

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What We Are Learning

 

Science Focus:

plant growth

 

Theme Vocabulary Words:

fruitlet, blossom, ripe, rotten

 

Skills We’re Practicing:

group discussion, critical thinking, vocabulary, letter recognition, color recogntion

  • Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington takes kids from an orchard to a farmers' market. As you read, talk about why Annie goes to the city to sell apples. (There aren’t orchards in the city, so apple farmers to there to sell apples!) You can also talk about apple foods Annie makes— which have children tried?

Lace the Apple

Materials: scissors, cardstock, paint, paintbrushes, hole punch, yarn

  • Lacing helps develop fine-motor skills, concentration, and stamina!
  • Draw and cut apple shapes from cardstock. Have children paint their apple. Once the apples dry, help punch holes along the outside.
  • Invite children to use the yarn to lace the apple. They can pretend that the yarn is a wiggly worm eating its way through the apple! When they’re done, they can take the yarn out and do it again! fine-motor skills
Apple chunks connected with toothpicks

Materials: different color apples (e.g., red, yellow, green), markers to match apple colors, paint to match apple colors, knife, plates, chart paper

  • This apple taste test activity brings together color matching, graphing, and exploration.
  • To prepare, cut apples and group them by color. Label each color of apple using a marker with a matching color. Then, make a graph with a column for each apple color, labeling each column with the color in matching marker color. Set up “apple stamps” next to the graph by putting out plates with paint and an apple cut in half vertically next to its matching paint color.
  • Have children taste the apples. Talk about which color apple they liked best. Then have them mark their favorite color apple on the chart using that color apple stamp.
  • When everyone has had a turn marking their favorite, discuss the completed chart. Count how many stamps are in each column. Ask which one has the most stamps. That is the one the most students liked the best! graphing/exploration
Apple chunks connected with toothpicks

Materials: green paper, clothespins, marker

  • Use this math game as an assessment or fun practice!
  • Cut treetops from paper. Draw on 1-5 “apples” using stickers or paint. Label each clothespin with a number from 1 to 5.
  • Set out treetops and clothespins. Have children count the apples in each treetop and attach the clothespin with the matching number. Voilà—it’s an apple tree! number recognition

Thank you Danielle from Fun Learning for Kids for sharing this activity with us!