All Seasons Sweet to Me: A is for Apple

Here is just a peek at some of the apple fun we've been having this September. My son is just 2 1/2 so I decided to forgo enrolling him in preschool this year and just do our own version of it at home. Everyday we do a few pages of a preschool workbook I got him and practice writing and sounding out letters. He can write about 6 letters now! Then we have reading time and arts and crafts time. Because it is September, our theme this month has been APPLES! Take a look!

Apple Stamps

Cut an apple in half and use it to stamp red paint onto a large white sheet. See what kind of patterns you can make.

Apple Peanut Butter Sandwich

Just spread PB between two slices of apple! Yum!

What begins with A?

We have been focusing mainly on the letter A this month and learning what sound it makes and what words start with it. He painted a big APPLE for the letter A.

Apple Pie Scented Play-dough

Beckam had a lot of fun with this yummy smelling play-dough. We used Fall cookie cutters to cut out shapes and also made play-dough apples. To make this, see the recipe HERE!

Fine-Motor Apple Lacing Craft

Cut two apples out of red paper and punch holes around the edge. Have your toddler use yarn or a shoelace to thread through the holes and "sew" the two paper apples together. When you're done you can stuff your apple with tissue to make it "plump" out and add some green leaves if you want.

Caramel Apples

For a Family Home Evening activity we made caramel apples one night. :)

Apple Counting Book

I got some great ideas from this amazing preschool packet from Oopsey Daisey. There are literally over 100 apple-themed activity/craft/song/math/spelling/reading, etc. ideas in this packet. And it is FREE!!! Head over to her website to download the link!

This is one of the activities I printed from her packet:

Apple Tree Craft

We talked about how tiny seeds grow into a big apple tree and then used a sponge to paint our own tree and glue paper apples onto it.

Apple Observation

I bought different types of apples and we took some time observing them. I let Beckam smell them, feel them in his hands, look them over, etc. We talked about their color, shape, texture and how they each have a stem. We cut them in half and looked at the star shape the seeds make in the center. Then we tasted each apple to see which one we liked best. The Sweet Tango was surprisingly sour and our favorite was the juicy Jazz apple.

He took the apple tasting part very seriously :)

Apple Picking

There's not a place close by here in Phoenix where we can pick apples, so I cut up paper apples and hid them around our house and then we went apple "picking." Beckam LOVED this activity! He kept asking me to hide the apples over and over.