Johnny Appleseed and Apple Life Cycle Unit Study

Description

Learn about the folk tale and real life of “Johnny Appleseed” and the Apple Life Cycle with this comprehensive unit study for Preschool through 1st Grade.

This unit study is chock full of fun and interactive learning activities for all your littles.

It includes a list of activities and books to choose from about Johnny Appleseed and the Apple Life Cycle with readings, templates, manipulatives, and printables provided.

Start the day with a printable “September Calendar Activity” with the weather and calendar activities. Move onto assorted activities for different ages with a Johnny Appleseed and Apple Life Cycle theme.

Your preschoolers can work on developing their fine motor skills with tracing and cutting practice, letter “a” and “A” identification and short vowel sound practice. They can play Apple Orchard with the printables provided for pretend play. Put together an apple puzzle.

They can sort apples into appropriate printed baskets according to size, color, and number. They can also practice identifying numbers 1-10.

Your olders can be learning at the same time with their themed activities. Read together about apples, answer questions, and discuss and complete some hands on activities about the apple life cycle.

Read about Johnny Appleseed with the provided story and discuss answers to questions about the reading, put some sentences into the proper sequence about what you just read about. You can also pick from some assorted suggested books to read more about the apple life cycle, apple orchards, and Johnny Appleseed to learn more about these topics.

Discuss the provided Bible verse that applies to what you have learned about Johnny Appleseed (and the Christian qualities he displayed) and complete the activities including printables provided that go along with the Bible verse.

Complete the apple life cycle activities and printables included sequence pictures and a life cycle wheel and make your own apple with its seeds, stem, and leaves as you discuss the parts of an apple.

Math worksheets are also provided for your first grader with an apple theme.

Finish off your unit study with some easy to make apple recipes created for little ones to practice following directions, practice some counting and measuring skills, and practicing attention to detail.

There’s a lot of fun to be had with this activity packed unit study that will keep your multi-age littles busy and learning!

For grades 2-5, you will want Apples, Johnny Appleseed, and Westward Expansion Unit Study.