Apple Picking Games

Print out the pages onto cardstock.
Cut out the treetops and the tree trunks and glue together on a file folder.
Cut out the apple squares and the A-P-P-L-E strips.
Laminate both the file folder and the piece so you can reuse them again.
Cut out the outside of the dice and tape the sides together as a cube.

A-P-P-L-E Letter Game Rules
Each child takes a turn rolling the die to determine what letter they can pick. They then pick the correct letter and add it to their board. If they pick the wrong letter they have to return that letter to the tree and play passes to the next child. If they already has that letter (or both in the case of the letter ‘P”) play passes to the next child. If they roll the apple with an X they have to return one letter to the tree.

The first child to spell out the word “apple” wins.

Counting
Each child takes a turn rolling the die to determine how many apples they can pick. They then pick the correct number and add it to their pile. If they pick the wrong amount they have to return the apples from the current turn to the tree and play passes to the next child.

When all the apples have been picked the player with the most apples wins.

Large Apple
Ideas:
-Have the kids draw a face and cut out strips and fold them accordion strips for arms and legs.
-Have the kids take turns rolling a die and have them glue the same number of seeds in the middle of the apple that they rolled.
-Print multiple copies onto one page and have the kids glue the apples on top of a head to go along with the book “Ten Apples up on Top”.

Apple Tree Coloring Page
Have the kids color the tree. Ask them to add apples.

Apple Colors Books
Print out enough copies so each child can have one book.
Cut out the apple pages. Do not assemble the book.
Bring in several different types of apples and talk about how apples come in all different colors.
Have the kids color the apples on the pages like they see the real apples.