Apple Math

 

We began our letter study with the letter Aa!  Apples were everywhere in our room to help us remember one of A's sounds! 

Here are some of the apple math activities we did this week!

 



 

 One of our favorite activities this week was "Where's the worm?"  Everyone in our class was excited to try and guess which apple the worm was hiding behind!  We used our number recognition skills to tell our friends which numbered apple we thought the worm was hiding behind.  Once a number was told, that apple was removed and we looked to see if the worm was hiding there! 

 

 

During center time, groups of children were asked to help put the seeds back in the apples!  Each apple had a certain number of seeds that it needed.  Each child was challenged to identify the number on an apple and then count out that many seeds!

 

 

Another favorite activity was our weighing apples center!  First grade was kind enough to share this fabulous scale with us, so we could explore the concept of weight!  For many of us, this was the first time we used a scale!  We discussed what a scale was and what it was used for.  New vocabulary was introduced as we explored the scale!  Some children discovered that two apples were HEAVIER then one.  Another group chose to use the bucket of dominoes with the scale and discovered that the three apples were LIGHTER then the bucket of dominoes, but if they moved some of the dominoes over to the apple bucket, they could get the scale to be balanced!