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Apple STEM Activity for Preschoolers

Apple STEM Activity for Preschoolers

Do you enjoy picking apples in the fall? This apple stem activity for preschoolers will give you hours of fun with this Fall STEM Challenge for your child. Plus you don’t even have to drive anywhere!

You just need a few inventor materials like recycled cardboard, magnets and a small round object. Let’s get started!  

Apple STEM Activity for Preschoolers

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Apple STEM Activity

This apple STEM Activity is going to be one of your child’s favorite this fall as they create a special maze for the apples to travel down from the apple tree to the apple basket.  It will give them a chance for  lots of trail and error and problem solving to make it work.  Apples are one of our favorite themes with preschoolers.  Click here for more Apple Themed Activities

We’re featuring an Apple Theme for our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids! That means at the bottom you’ll fun 20+ apple activities for your preschooler to do this week!  

The book we’re featuring is Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins.  Grab here on Amazon. 

Here’s a peek at more APPLE THEMED BOOKS! 

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Click here to see the other fall books we're using for the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids
Apple STEM Activity for Preschoolers

Materials for Apple STEM Activity

  • Plastic Apples 
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Recycled Cardboard Tubes
  • Magnetic Surface
  • Scissors
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Green Paper
  • Small Container
Recycled STEM Tube Game

Directions for Apple STEM Activity

1. Work on your preschoolers cutting skills by having them cute a link through the cardboard tube to make it a half circle shape.

If they are still working on these skills they can do it with you.  It’s a study surface which makes it a little bit easier to hold than paper.  You could even draw a line for them to follow to make it easier.

Tube Game for STEM with Preschoolers

2. Once you’ve cut the recycled cardboard tube you can attach the magnets to it!  This is an adult activity.  We bought the magnetic tape that had a sticky side but we couldn’t get it to stick to the recycled cardboard.  I just grabbed my glue gun and attach the pieces with that.  So that my little one felt involved I had her take the white sticker paper off the backs of the magnets for me while I glued

Magnetic Tube STEM Game for Preschoolers

3. Set up the magnetic board on the wall or you can use your side of your refrigerator or filing cabinet, any large magnetic surface works for this apple stem activity!

4. Cut an apple tree out of green construction paper.  We also had some magnetic apples left from our  Magnetic Apple Math Game. We attached the green apple leaf outline with magnets to the board but you could use tape too

Now it’s time to take the APPLE STEM CHALLENGE!

Apple Themed STEM Activity for Preschoolers

5. Give your preschooler the magnetic cardboard tubes and give them this STEM Challenge.

TASK: Make the apples go into the basket from the tree using the Magnetic Tubes

You could ask them a thinking question like….

Can you pick the apples from the apple tree using these tubes to make them go into the basket?

This is a problem solving game that incorporates science and a little bit of math since the book is 10 red apples.  You child will have so much fun with this simple to make STEM Activity!

Share with us how your child create their Apple STEM Activity in our VBC Facebook group!  Join now!

Join the Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Group

Plus be inspired by all the other apple themed activities shared here in the Facebook Group by parents, grandparents, teachers and our VBC Cohosts!

Apple Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers at The Educators' Spin On it

Try this stacking apples STEM Challenge or you can visit more Apple Themed Activities at The Educators’ Spin On It or you can take a look below and be inspired by the 20+ Apple Themed Activities from our Virtual Book Club for Kids CoHosts!  

Join our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Group 

Apple week for Virtual Book Club for Kids

Apple Themed Activities for Preschool

Apple Tree Alphabet Letter Match – Still Playing School

Apple Piece Names – Preschool Powol Packets

Apple Addition within 5 Dough Strips – Sea of Knowledge

Fingerprint Apple Counting Activity – Messy Little Monster

Apple Math: Counting & Fractions Teach Beside Me

Red apple number bonds to 10 – Rainy Day Mum

Apple picking sticky wall – Views from a Step stool

Baked Apples – Witty Hoots

Apple Stack Game and Snack- Toddler Approved

Jumping Apple Seeds- JDaniel4’s Mom

Glitter Apple Stamping – My Bored Toddler

Apple Tree Tracing Page- Mama Smiles

Apple Farm Song with Movement – My Storytime Corner

Ten Red Apples: Number Words Activities- Growing Book by Book

Apple Tree Gross Motor Game – Inspiration Laboratories

Apple Sewing – CrArty KidsVisual Perception Apple Activity – The OT Toolbox

STEM activities with Apples for back to school STEM.
Click for more Apple STEM Activities

Click here to see which books we’re reading together with you and your preschooler!  

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Kathleen says

    September 28, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    How did you attach the apples to the paper?

    • Kim Vij says

      September 29, 2017 at 1:25 pm

      They have round magnets attached to them.

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