Growing with the Apple Pie Tree!

Posted by Oct 19, 2016 Book Based Activities, Books, Fall, Seasons

 

Fall is my favorite season. I start looking forward to it about halfway though the summer. I love going apple picking, drinking cider, baking pies, wearing cozy sweaters and watching football. Today’s book goes along with my love of all things apple and autumn as well!

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The Apple PieThe Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall | Goodreads Tree by Zoe Hall is an adorable tale of two little kids who watch their apple tree as it goes through the seasons. They take the reader through all of the changes the apple tree experiences, along with the family of robins who live there. In the end, they pick the apples from their tree and make an apple pie with their parents. This story is a great way to introduce children to the changes of the season, and a great reason to make apple pie together!

Make Your Own Apple Trees!

Apple Handprints – This project is a fun way to create trees using your child’s own hands. Trace your child’s hand and forearm on to a piece of brown construction paper to create tree trunks and cut them out. Next, cut 3 tree top shapes out of green construction paper and glue them to three of the trunk shapes.

For the trunk without a tree topper, have kids use white paint to make snowflakes on the trunk. On the three trunks with tree toppers, use pink fingerprints to represent Spring flowers, green fingerprints for summer apples and red fingerprints for fall apples. My daughter loved painting all of the different trees, and I love that I have these little trees to remember how tiny her hands are now!

Language – There is a wide variety of apple types, and fall is the best time to try them all! Have an apple tasting party with your kids and try as many as possible. This is a great opportunity to improve your child’s language skills and practice comparing and contrasting the characteristics of the apples. Talk about the differences in the appearance, the texture, and the taste of each variety. Are they sweet? Are they soft? What kinds of apples do you kids prefer? Have everyone decide on their favorites and use descriptive language to explain why they like them best.

Practice math skills with help from an apple pie tree!

Apple Math – Apples can be a fun manipulative for practicing math skills. Have kids count apple seeds or group them into groups of 5 or 10. Cut apple shapes out of green, red and yellow paper and write numbers or math problems onto them. Have kids count out the right number of seeds to match the number on the apple or the solution to the problem. This activity is easily adaptable for a variety of skills levels.

Go Apple Picking – I love picking apples. We are lucky to live in an area with a lot of apple orchards, and visiting them is one of my favorite parts of the fall. If you have the ability to visit a local orchard, enjoy the best of the fall season with some apple picking of your own! Take the kids out and pick apples right from the trees. Try different colors and varieties if you can.

Apple Sort – The different types of apples available provide a great opportunity to practice sorting skills. Get a variety of apples in reds, greens and yellow and have kids sort them into their respective groups. You could also have them create patterns with the different apple colors.

Bake an apple pie! – The sweet ending of this story provides great inspiration for baking an apple pie on your own. Cooking together in the kitchen provides a wealth of learning opportunities, as well as a chance to create great memories. Use an old family recipe or find a new recipe online. Young kids can help you to measure and mix ingredients, while older kids can help to peel and cut the apples.

Does your family have any cool traditions with apples or apple pie? Let me know in the comments!

Celebrate the Fall with "The Apple Pie Tree" and a variety of family friendly apple crafts and activities! #appleactivities #applecrafts #applepie #cookingwithkids #fallactivities #fallcrafts

Celebrate the Fall with "The Apple Pie Tree" and a variety of family friendly apple crafts and activities! #appleactivities #applecrafts #applepie #cookingwithkids #fallactivities #fallcrafts
Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun children's book about fall, and a fun handprint apple tree craft! #applecrafts #appleactivities #applebooks #fallcrafts #fallbooks #fallactivities

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35 comments on “Growing with the Apple Pie Tree!”

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  3. I have not seen this book yet but will definitely be checking it out! My son loves to bake with me. I am excited for the cooler weather so we can do more of it…such a great way for children to learn!

    • I hope you have fun with it! I love fall festivals! I have to get a list together of our local ones so we can make sure to get to them.

  5. We love apples around here and are super stoked to go apple picking in a couple of weeks! I also wanted to say that the apple pie looks super amazing and I’m now going to want to make one LOL

  8. Thanks for letting me know about these books. I am building a reading list for my grandchildren and this would make a lovely addition to it. What a great way to learn about math and science too.

  9. I’m a huge fan of all the outdoor fall activities too, especially with young kids! We go apple picking at least once every fall and it’s always a hit with the kids. My 4 year old loves any crafts involving hand tracing so she will be delighted to turn her entire forearm+hand into a tree trunk! I would have never thought to do that to illustrate the changes in the seasons but it works so well.

    • My daughter loved it! I hope yours does as well. I also love all of the outdoor activities in the fall. I loved going apple picking before I had my daughter and it’s even more fun now!

  11. You are very creative I love these crafts. I cannot wait to take our daughter to pick some apples. When it comes to crafting I am not really good at it but I try though .

  16. These are such great activities to do with kids, and I also love Fall time for anything Apple!!! So I’m all in for any activities involving them : )

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