Ten Apples Up on Top

Begin by reading the Dr. Seuss classic book, Ten Apples Up on Top. (I realize the title needs to be underlined, too bad blooger doesn't have that option in text editing!) While you're reading, talk about who has more apples on each page. Discuss the concepts of more and less, most and least.

After reading the book, sit with your child at a table with the following activity:

Have pictures of family memebers or cutouts from magazines, whatever is on hand, along with at least 10 apple shapes. You can use the apple shape here and minimize or maximize it to fit your picture. You may choose to copy and paste mulitple apples on a page in a word processor. Print, color and cut the apples yourself before beginning the activity with your child. I also laminated the apples since we'll be using them for other activities and for years to come.



Let your child explore putting a different amount of apples on each person's head, then count them together and talk about who has more apples and who has the least. We also started counting to ten in Spanish with this lesson.

Craft/Math:
Supplies:
red, green and yellow tempera paint
3 Q-tips
medicine cups, or some sort of small cup or bowl
crayons
provided reproducable (Sorry, it's a little crooked!)

Ten Apples Upon Top


Allow your child to color the drawing to resemble himself. Fill each medicine cup with red, green or yellow paint. Allow your child to create a pattern with the different colors by painting apples on top of their head. You may need to review the colors before each color is added. Also, keep a count of how many apples are up on top after each addition. Make sure your child has 10 apples up on top!

Let your child try doing another sheet without using a pattern. Just like we saw in the book, the apples don't have to line up perfectly. Numbers can be represented in any order or sequence.

Repeat songs and rhymes from previous apple lesson.