Patricia Bentham, author, kindergarten-lessons.com
Kindergarten Apple Theme Math
Teach math with apples...
Apple theme math activities are beneficial to young learners. Children can practise the skills of sorting, sequencing, graphing, patterning and data recording.
Apple Theme Math - Sort and sequence apples:
- Have each student bring an apple to school
- Bring a variety of apples for the children who forget to bring one
- Have the children line their apples in a row
- Sort the apples by color
- Count the apples
- Sequence the apples by size
- Compare various apples in a balance scale to see which apples are heavier
Teach children to observe and record:
- Model doing an observation drawing of your apple (remember to share your thinking... "what shape should I use? what size is my apple? what colors do I see?"
- Have the children do an observation drawing of their own apples and then cut them out
Create a real graph out of the apples the children brought. Graph by color.
- Make some columns on chart paper and draw an apple of each color on the bottom of each column.
- Each child glues their cut out apple picture in the appropriate column.
- Estimate how many seeds are in an apple, cut one and count
- Talk about which color sets have more or fewer apples.
Create apple theme math pattern hats using cut out red and green apples.
