Are you looking for apple preschool theme math activities? Let’s have some fun counting apples with this hands on fall themed math activity!
Here’s how to play.
This is a simple apple activity to use with your toddler or preschooler to encourage counting. It focuses on one to one correspondence and number recognition. Plus your child can even work color recognition if you add green and yellow apples too.
Think of it as a hands on apple worksheet for preschool that they can do again and again!
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Counting Apples Busy Bag
You can create a playful counting game for your preschooler with just a few items around your house.
Material needed for Apple Game
- Make a Apple Tree with Colored Paper
- Scissors
- Red objects {we used apple gems from Michael’s made by Ashland} or you could use Apple Erasers, Colorful Apple Buttons or just red ones like these apples or even apple stickers would work too! Other ideas for apples include buttons, pompoms, glass gems, lids, legos etc.
- Printable Number Cards or Black Marker to write numbers 0-10
Directions for Apple Counting Game
1. Cut out the shape of an apple tree with colored paper for the apples to be placed on during the game.
2. Using the Apple Tree, encourage your child to make the apples in the tree match the number card at the top of the pile.
3. Next have your child pull another number from the number cards and count out the apples to make the number.
4. Repeat again and again until they counted out all of the number cards with apples.
BONUS FUN: You can even make your own apple book after you play the game! Just have your child draw an apple tree, write a number or glue on from the number printable below and then draw apples to make the number.
Then use the text I see ___ apples and write in the number on the blank. A quick and easy sight word book for your apple theme activities.
For more Apple Ideas {Click Here}
Print your own Number Cards to go with this Busy Bag
For this game anything road and apple shaped works! Use any object to create your apples! Lids, Legos, Pompoms, buttons!
Here are a few more of my favorite apple shaped items for Apple Learning with your Preschooler!
- Stacking Apples from Learning Resources
- Apple Containers to fill with Numbered Objects
- Small Pretend Green Apples
- Small Pretend Red Apples
Additional Apple Activities for Kids
Apple Activities for Preschoolers
Starry Night – An Apple Core Painting Project
Marble Painted Apple Tree Craft
Stacking Apples STEM Challenge
Have fun with this counting apple activity with your preschooler or toddler!
I love these activities and I can't wait to implement them in my 3s class- But I notice that there are a lot of choking hazards in the materials representing apples. How do you reconcile that?
This is so cute! My little guy would most certainly love this and it's perfect to go along with a trip to the orchard!
They were on the end cue near the other glass gems, so sorry you were not able to find t hem.
Hello,
Can you please tell me where in Michaels these gems would be found? I looked and was not able to find them.
Just lovely! Thanks for linking this post up to Tuesday Tots. I'm featuring it this week in a tree activities round up on Learn with Play at home. 🙂
Love this idea – those apple gems are beautiful!
This is so awesome! I need to look for those apple gems from Michael's since they make hands on learning so fun 🙂
Thank you for linking up this week to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop! I do hope that you will visit my neck of the magical woods every week and take a quick rest by the tree on the tree stump while you read everyone’s blog posts that they have so thoughtfully shared with all of us.
This is awesome … what a great Montessori-inspired busy bag! Thanks so much for sharing your free number cards! I featured your post as a Free Printable of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page and on Pinterest. 🙂
Love those apple gems. They make the activity so pretty.
Love this – thanks KIM, off to make one for my little to do tomorrow!