Toddlers and preschoolers will LOVE to learn and play with these Ten Apples Up on Top Activities! From crafts to games to hands-on activities, your little one will have fun with one of these 6 storytime extension ideas!
Ten Apples Up On Top Activities
Last year we spent a whole week doing activities with Dr. Seuss books with Big Brother and while I wasn't planning on doing that again this year... I obviously had a change of heart.
I picked up the book, Ten Apples Up on Top -- a favorite around here, and set up 6 different activities for my toddler. However, these activities would be suitable for children 2-4 years. So your preschooler would enjoy these activities as well!
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10 Apples Up on Top: "Apple" Stickers
- dot stickers
- picture of child
- tape
For this 10 apples up on top activity, I taped a picture of my girl on the bottom of the paper and supplied her with some colored dot stickers.
This is a great fine motor activity for little hands as she had to peel the stickers
off and place them on the paper. Some even ended up on her as well!
off and place them on the paper. Some even ended up on her as well! If you'd like to "beef'' up this activity, you could number the stickers and write a number somewhere on the sheet so that your child can match numbers.
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With a do a dot marker, little sis made "apples."
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Using tongs, Little Sis can sort the pom pom "apples" by color (red, yellow, and green) or by size (small, medium, large).
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or other red manipulatives to be your apples.
To play, roll the dice and add that many "apples" to your tree.
You could also start with apples in the tree and try to be the first to pick all the apples off the tree.
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Ten Apples Up on Top Do a Dot Activities: DO A DOT APPLES
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- Do A Dot Marker
- paper
- crayons
With a do a dot marker, little sis made "apples."
Ten Apples Up on Top Activities: APPLE SORTING
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Using tongs, Little Sis can sort the pom pom "apples" by color (red, yellow, and green) or by size (small, medium, large).
Ten Apples Up on Top Activities: RACE TO 10 PRINTABLE
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- Die
- small manipulatives
or other red manipulatives to be your apples. To play, roll the dice and add that many "apples" to your tree.
You could also start with apples in the tree and try to be the first to pick all the apples off the tree.
Ten Apples Up on Top Activities: APPLE CRAFT
Supplies:
- Apple template
- Washi Tape
- scissors
I printed out an apple template and gave Little Sis red, yellow, and green tape
.
Tearing the tape was a bit hard for her, so I helped tear the tape in different sizes and Little Sis covered the apple. Another option would be to have your child use scissors to cut the tape him/herself. OR, instead of tape, you could do this with pieces of torn paper.
.Tearing the tape was a bit hard for her, so I helped tear the tape in different sizes and Little Sis covered the apple. Another option would be to have your child use scissors to cut the tape him/herself. OR, instead of tape, you could do this with pieces of torn paper.
Once it was covered, we cut out the apple and now have a pretty piece of art!
Ten Apples Up on Top Activities: COUNTING APPLES
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After reading the book
, we practiced counting to ten with 10 "apples"{aka red Duplo blocks
!}For a competitive twist, add a die and grab 10 more blocks for another player. Take turns rolling a die and adding that many apple blocks to a tower. First to 10, wins!
Or, work on number recognition and sequencing skills by writing numbers 1-10 with a dry erase marker on the blocks. Then your child can make a tower of ten apples on top in number order.
Next time you read the book, Ten Apples Up on Top, try these 6 fun activities-- perfect for toddlers and/or preschoolers!
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This was one of my favorite books as a kid. And these activities are AMAZING! LOVE how you incorporated the characters from the book on their papers. I have been using your blog quite heavily for our Five in a Row this year. You have such creative ideas!
ReplyDeleteI love the stickers idea, my daughter will porbably like that
DeleteOh I love your ideas!! I hope you don't mind me sharing this, but I have a free 10 Apples Up On Top cards and counters printable set on my blog: http://ourcountryroad.blogspot.com/2011/10/is-for-apple-preschool-and-kindergarten.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Lisa! I'll have to stop by and check our your set!
DeleteTons of FUUUN activities, thank you! I'm going to pin this now so I can use some of these activities with my preschoolers. Thanks again.
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DeleteGreat activities! I love how creatively you connected the learning to the story. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful ways to work on counting! I love all of them! Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn. I will be sharing this post on Facebook and Pinterest.
ReplyDeleteI just love this extension of the book! What a fun activity for the kids! Thanks so much for sharing with us again at For the Kids Fridays over at SunScholars! Thrilled to have you with us to share such fun ideas! I've pinned this to my Book Inspired Activities board! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun activity! I love how you used dot stickers - our favorites =-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to TGIF! Look forward to seeing you again next week,
Beth =-)
Great ideas!! We also did a lil' activity with this book this week :-)
ReplyDeleteI also think the Truffula Trees lot FAB!!
Thanks for sharing at Sharing Saturday!