Preschool At Home: Fall Fun With Apples

"C" (age 3.5) attends a little neighborhood preschool

program a few mornings a week

but we "after school" on her 

days off and afternoons before 

big sister gets home from school. 

This month, we've been focusing on some 

fun fall-themed activities 

I've collected, printed, and made 

from ideas around the web. 

First up, we've been practicing her 

letter recognition with these 

great apple activities I got from 

2 Teaching Mommies

Alphabet Apple Printables 

Instead of matching the two halves,

I left them in one piece

(punched out with my big circle cutter punch)

and we're using clothespins

with Uppercase and Lowercase 

letters written on them in Sharpie. 

Got the idea for the alphabet clothespins

from my fabulous bloggy friend,

Teach Mama.

The alphabet clothespins are written

in a color pattern as well 

so when they're lined up in order

they're making a pattern. 

(Red, Orange, Green, Blue)

Next month, we'll use them with our

Foam Fall Alphabet Leaves 

I made last year. 

We're working on counting

and hand eye coordination 

by placing little paper apples

on this Apple Counting Tree Template

I printed from 2 Teaching Mommies

I printed out this Apple Identification Chart

and used a small scrapbook circle punch

to cut them out. 

We might try using red, yellow, and green 

pony beads as counters too!

These Printable Counting Cards from

2 Teaching Mommies are fantastic.

We've been sorting and counting

beads, cheerios, and acorns

in my muffin tin! 

(love them because we can use them

all year and I'll re-use them to 

practice our numbers with our

silk fall leaves next month)

I always try to pull books from

the girls' shelves that have a theme

and put them in a basket in the family room.

This month, I put out two baskets.

"E" reads to "C" while I'm cooking dinner. 

One filled with Fall and Back To School Books. 

The other basket is full of 

our extensive Halloween Book collection!

(Sniffing kitty is not a requisite)

We've also been enjoying 

our homemade Apple Play-dough

with some fall shaped cookie cutters

and

Our Fall Sensory Box 

(with Allspice and ground Cinnamon added

--

 your hands smell like Applebutter when you're done playing!)

Happy Fall!

(Happy Spring to our Aussie friends) 

Fondly,

pink and green mama,