Description
Teach the apple life cycle with Pip the Apple Seed, a read-aloud story that takes preschool, pre-K and kindergarten learners, ages 3 to 6, from seed to sprout, tree and apple. Parts of an apple, an apple taste test graph and cut and paste sequencing make this fall science unit hands-on from day one.
Plan your apple week in minutes: a 5 day lesson plan, a wall poster that grows one stage a day, the Apple Buddy craft and an Apple Orchard Stand for pretend play, ready for the classroom, homeschool or daycare. No prep worksheets save you prep time.
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This unit is part of the Life Cycles Mega Bundle, 12 science units for the whole year. Get the bundle and save big: CLICK HERE
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
► You will get 60+ pages, including: ⤵
▴ Preschool & Pre-K and kindergarten black and white worksheets: ⤵
→ Apple Life Cycle, cut and paste (4 stages)
→ Apple Life Cycle, cut and paste (3 stages)
→ Trace the Word
→ Trace the Words
→ Color and Label
→ What Comes Next?
→ Parts of an Apple
→ Count the Seeds
→ Help the Bee
→ Small to Big
→ Apple Taste Test graph
→ My Apple Tree, draw and write
▴ Teacher Guide with a 5 day lesson plan and assessment pages
▴ Pip the Apple Seed, a read-aloud story in color
▴ Wall life cycle poster to build with the class
▴ Mini poster, flash cards and a chant with motions
▴ Apple Orchard Stand for pretend play: sign, price tags and order pad
▴ My Apple Life Cycle Book (emergent reader)
▴ Pattern coloring pages
▴ Apple Buddy craft with steps, templates and writing pages
▴ Headband and certificate with a handprint apple tree
► Pages in US Letter size (8.5 x 11 inches). For A4 paper, choose Fit to Page when printing.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
The story keeps the science true to the orchard: the apple tree rests in winter and blooms in spring, bees carry pollen from tree to tree, apples grow all summer and ripen in fall, and an apple cut across the middle shows a star of seeds.
A 3 stage cut and paste lets younger children join the same lesson with a smaller step.
Bold lines, large pictures and short directions make every page easy to read, including for children who use visual supports.
✥ PERFECT FOR
◆ Homeschool apple and fall science
◆ Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms
◆ Daycare and childcare programs
◆ Science and learning centers
◆ Apple, orchard and back to school theme weeks
◆ Small groups
◆ Independent practice
◆ Early finishers
★ SKILLS PRACTICED
◆ Sequencing the 4 stages of the apple life cycle
◆ Science vocabulary: seed, sprout, blossom, pollen, harvest
◆ Graphing favorite apples with the taste test
◆ Counting seeds to 7 and ordering apples from small to big
◆ Predicting what comes next
◆ Cutting, gluing, tracing and coloring for fine motor strength
◆ Oral language and role play at the Apple Orchard Stand
✥ SAVE BIG WITH THE MEGA BUNDLE
Teach a new life cycle every season with all 12 units in one download: pumpkin, apple, turkey, penguin, robin, plant, butterfly, frog, chicken, ladybug, bee and sea turtle. CLICK HERE to see everything inside the Life Cycles Mega Bundle and save big.
TERMS
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