Apple Bundles

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• stem
• peel
• flesh
• seeds
• core

MATH

• Apple Fractions
• Ask children "How two people can share one apple?"
• "Three people?"
• "Four people, etc.?"
  
  
• Count seeds in each apple and compare
  
  
• Graph which apple you like best
  
  
• Sort apples by size or color

SCIENCE

• Before cutting apples, have children predict what is inside
• The seeds sit in a star shape
  
  
• Dry out then plant apple seeds
  
  
• Observe oxidation with cut apples
• When exposed to air apples will brown
• Squeeze lemon on a second piece and discuss the difference
• Lemon is an antioxidant

• Sink/float- apples are 75% air so they will float
• Compare with other items

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Compare the apple in this recipe to a lemon
• Chart the responses in a venn diagram
• Have children compare:
• Color
• Taste
• Shape
• Skin, etc.

• While the apple bundles are baking in the oven, you can sing these songs with your child:
  "Way up high in an apple tree"
  "Two little apples smiled at me"
  "I shook the tree as hard as I could"
  "Down came the apples"
  "MMMMM, they were good!"
  
  
• (sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O)
  "There is a fruit, I like to eat"
  "And apple is it's name"
  "A-P-P-L-E, A-P-P-L-E, A-P-P-L-E"
  "And apple is its name"

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Tour an apple orhard or produce department
  
  
• Discuss the legend of Johnny Appleseed

ART

• Apple Printing
• Cut apples in half
• Dip in paint (painting the cut side with a paintbrush works best)
• Print onto paper

• Apple Mosiac
• Glue torn paper onto apple-shaped construction paper

• Mr. Apple Head
• Similar to the Mr. Potato-Head:
• Create facial features by using marshmallows, raisins, etc.
• Use toothpicks to adhere to the face