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Magnetic Apple Math Game for Ten Apples Up On Top

Magnetic Apple math Game for the book Ten Apples Up On Top

This magnetic apple math game creates a hands-on experience for your child! They will come back to play it again and again as they learn about number recognition and number sentences.  Let me tell you the secret behind why.

Here’s how to make your own.

Magnetic Apple math Game for the book Ten Apples Up On Top

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Sometimes adding something as simple as magnets to a game and taking it to a vertical space draws in the attention of our preschoolers and bigger kids too.  That’s just what I did with the apple math game by adding a few magnets to the apples  to use on our Magnetic White Dry Erase Board 

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Magnetic Apple Math Game

Materials:

  • Pretend Apples or Decorative Apples 
  • Magnetic Tape 
  • Magnetic White Dry Erase Board 
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • White Copy Paper
  • Scissors
  • Dry Erase Marker
  • Washable Marker
  • Numeral Dice 
Making magnetic apple game for kids

Directions for Apple Math Game

1. Read the story Ten Apples Up on Top! or any other apple themed story.  Here’s a few of my favorites.

2. Discuss the number words that you see in the story as you’re reading them.  If you want to you could also add the number words and numbers as you read them to your dry erase board.

3. You can pull an apple out each time they add one in the story for a hands on math experience too.

4. Once all the apples are out it’s time to add the Magnetic Tape to one side.  You can purchase magnetic tape that come with an adhesive side but we found it needed a little bit of reinforcement with a hot glue gun to make it stick over time.  My girls had a lot of fun playing this game as siblings.

Drawing Self Portrait for Ten Apples Up On Top Math Game

5. Have the apple math game player draw a picture of themselves to add them to the story along with the tiger, lion and dog.  You could also just use a photograph of your child.

6. Attach a magnetic strip to the back of your child’s self portrait. Then hang onto the magnetic board.

Handing Self Portrait for Ten apples Up On Top Math Game

7. Now it’s time to PLAY!

Using the dice you can focus on number zero to six OR you can focus on number sentences of addition or subtraction.  If you have a  younger child in preschool start with number recognition an build from there.  Have them role the dice and the find the number of apples that they rolled and place them on top of their self portrait counting them out verbally as they add them on top.

This is a fun way to also retell the story Ten Apples Up on Top! with your child to work on their language skills too.

Here are a few other ways to use the magnetic apples for this game.

Apple Math Game Variations 

  • Use Number words as the game pieces you draw from
  • Use standard dice to learn to recognize dot patterns
  • Create two colors of apples so that they can make magnetic apple patterns on the board.
  • Add more apples to create the letter of the alphabet with stickers.
  • Make a apple tree and allow your child to place apples on the tree for a role playing.
Ten Apple Up On To Magnetic Apple Math Game

This apple game is part of our apple activity ideas for the weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids . Go check out some more apple themed activities to do with your child or class too.

Apple Activity Ideas for Kids

  • Apple Activities for After School Fun
  • DIY Apple Game
  • Apple Books for Kids
  • Stacking Apples Game: a Fall STEM Activity 
  • Apple Counting Game
  • Apple Sight Word Game 
  • Apple Pie Recipe for Kids to Make
  • Make Your Own Apple Orchard 
  • Apple Print Art Idea with Starry Night 
  • Apple Pie Pocket Recipe for Kids
  •  75+ Apple Themed Preschool Activities
Apple Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers at The Educators' Spin On it

Click here to see more Ten Apples Up On Top Activities for Kids 

If you want to join in the Virtual Book Club for Kids, read our featured book for the week (or any Apple book), try out any of the Apple themed activities shared on our blog, and tag them with #vbcforkids so we can check them out. Can’t wait to see what you’re up to!

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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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