Apples - Roll, Add, & Color

My 4 year old is learning about numbers and counting, so I'm always looking for fun, yet simple activities for her to practice! I created these apple themed Roll, Add, & Color sheets for her and my 1st grader to both get some practice with counting and adding.

They love any activity where they can use dice, and we especially love using the jumbo foam dice.

Click HERE or the pictures below to get access to these fun pages!

Two versions are included, so you can choose which works best for your students.

Find the Differences - Critical Thinking Activity

I'm excited to show you my newest fun resource! This is a great activity for a literacy center, or a fun extra for early finishers.

I've created a "Find the Difference" set (fall themed) that includes 10 colorful pages with similar pictures on them. Each set of pictures has 5 small differences for students to find and circle. I also have included 2 leveled response pages so you can include some writing practice with the activity!

These are great activities to help your students practice observation and critical thinking skills as they compare the pictures on each page.

If you'd like to check these out, you can visit my store HERE!

 

 

Cute Pumpkin Seeds Craft

After our fun Pumpkin Investigation the other day, we decided to use some of the seeds for a fun craft!

First we dyed the seeds by putting some in a plastic bag and adding a small splash of vinegar and food coloring! We made green, orange, and brown (red, green, and yellow food coloring). The kids had fun squishing the seeds inside the bags to coat them.

 

Next we laid them out on paper towels to dry. It took several hours, so we ended up finishing the craft the next day.

 

 

I printed out a pumpkin outline I found online, and had the kids cut it out and glue it on their choice of colored paper. Then we just glued the seeds on to make the pumpkin!

Pumpkin Investigation



We had so much fun with our pumpkin investigation today! Each of the kids got their own small pumpkin to investigate. First we talked about words that describe the outside of the pumpkin and the kids drew a picture on their investigation sheets.

 

The kids made predictions about their pumpkins and wrote them down.

 

Next, we did some investigations to find out the facts!

Finding weight by measuring the kids with the pumpkin and without! Great way to incorporate more math :)

Counting seeds by making groups of 10

 

We wrote the findings on the second investigation worksheet.

You can grab these worksheets for free HERE.

 

The cleaning out and counting seeds took awhile since I had to help them all with it, so if this is an activity you want to do with a classroom of students, I would suggest doing it in groups with parent volunteers!

 

 Tomorrow we are planning on painting pumpkins and making a craft with all of our pumpkin seeds!

Freebie Friday - Apples!

 

Can you believe it's almost September?! Most of us are back in school and fall is just around the corner! Grab a snack and check out these awesome apple themed freebies to use this fall!!

Color By Sight Word Apples

By: Mrs. Thompson's Treasures



 

Apple Games with Number Frames

By: Linda Nelson

 

 

Apples and the Common Core

By: Julie Gesin

 

Applicious Apple Graph

By: Kerri B

Apple Match

By: Keeping It Captivating

 

Apple Tree Addition Mats

By: Katherine Shupe

 

Apple Happy Poem

By: Kindergarten With Susie

 

 

Apples, Apples, Apples: Leveled Reading Passages

By: 2 Literacy Teachers

 

*Disclaimer - All of these products are listed as free at the time of this post. Sometimes authors change the price or availability of products. I'm sorry if any of these are no longer free or available.