Apples in the Classroom

We just finished up our Apple Unit.  Here are the highlights from one of my favorite units.   I turned our kitchen area into an apple orchard stand.  I put up signs and prices for products. I put out a weighing station, cash register and shopping bags for this area of the classroom.  I closed our puppet theater and made it become our apple stand. I also made an apple tree to grow along our wall.

You can pick up the apple orchard dramatic play kit here.We worked on number representations by building numbers and making pictures that represent our numerals 0-10.  Here is an example of a poster the students worked to create for the numeral 3. This resource can be found in my TPT store here.

 Then students wrote in their booklets the numerals, number word and drew a picture that can represent that number.  

 We examined and identified the parts of the apple.  We then did a craftivity that labeled the parts of the apple afterwards.

We made and tasted apple cider. To make we poured a large bottle of apple juice in a crockpot and poured red hot candies. The candies melted into the juice to make apple cinnamon goodness.  The students also measured and compared apples.

We tasted apples and graphed our favorite apples.  We also made patterns and counted using our fake apples from the apple orchard stand.

Another simple center activity is cut felt to become an apple tree and small red apples to put on the felt tree.