Apple Theme for Kindergarten
It's apple season....especially in kindergarten. Of course teachers choose their themes differently, but for most September is usually when we talk all about apples.
This one activity carries on for writing, science and math.
Writing:
My favorite apple is____________.
This activity has two parts, one for science and one for writing. You will want to do the science part first.
Write this on enough pages for each student at the bottom of each page. Have students write what kind of apple they like best after tasting. Have the words written somewhere that the students can see and find easily to copy. The students will then draw and color the apple on the top portion of the page. Remember names.
When students finish.....collect and write their names and the year on the back. Turn into a book! Which apple do you like? would make a cute title.
Science:
For a fun science experiment have parents donate different types of apples for a taste testing. Three or four different types would be suitable for this age. You can customize to fit your need. I would use Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Fuji and Golden Delicious. This way you get a variety of color, textures, size and tastes.
Talk about each apple and the components mentioned above. Cut a slice of each apple for each student. After you talk about each apple pass around that apple slice. It is a good idea to have a paper to pass out for each student to identify these apples by. Easy way of doing this......take a piece of paper and draw a vertical line down the center of the paper. Write the word yes on one side and no on the other side. Use numbers to represent the apples. If they like apple one then they write a one on the yes side...if they did not like apple one then they write the number one on the no side and so on and so on until they have tried all the apples. Remember four should be the most they try. If you are using the writing activity above....have the students to keep trying the ones that are in there yes side until they have picked a favorite.
Math:
Of course the most fun way to incorporate math is graphing. At this early stage of kindergarten this is a great activity for the those first few weeks of school. It also goes right along with our apple theme. You can also use this when you are working on your science lesson.....math and science all there together. If you have a SmartBoard this would be a fun way for the students to be involved as well. You will need to make a board with the types of apples listed at the top that is going along with your science lesson. Provide an apple in the same color that matches (make sure it can duplicate). Have the students graph which apple was their favorite. Count how many there are in total (should equal number of students). Which had the most? Which had the least?
Sign language is considered a foreign language. If you have time in the day for this, this makes a great lesson.
Craft:
There are countless ideas for crafts that you can do. Pinterest has many apple themed crafts. Comment below on your favorite craft using apples.
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