1-2-3 Come Sing and Learn With Me Do you sing “5 Little Apples In an Apple Tree” during fall? It’s one of my kiddos favorites, and a great way to practice all sorts of math skills! They especially enjoy the fingerplays I've added, and like it so much, we continue to sing 5 Little Apples through November, as we add other songs to our autumn repertoire. I added an extra stanza to the end. I figured if a child ate 5 apples, especially green ones, they'd probably end up with a tummy ache; thus…

Apple songs for preschool are so fun for kids to sing, especially in the fall! They’re a perfect addition to a preschool apple theme and chances are, your kids already know quite a few of them.

Sing and play All Around the Alphabet Tree song to build rhyming skills. Perfect for an apple theme unit study.

Howdy! I am Mr. Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard. My real name is Greg Smedley-Warren. I have been teaching for 11 years. I spent a year teaching fifth grade, two years in second grade and am now in my 9th year in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is my passion and my calling but honestly, that wasn’t how it started. When I was moved to Kindergarten (not voluntarily!) I called my mommy and cried. But on the first day, I fell in love and knew that Kindergarten is where I belonged. I have…

Well, I'm slightly behind on showing you what we did for our Apple Week. I know I showed you my visual plans {HERE} but I never came back to show you our week. So, consider this pho-tog dump of pictures (yes, there are a ton!) First, I copied off all the pages from my Hands-On Apple Unit that I wanted in our book this year and had a volunteer make all the books. Then I sent home the donation and volunteer letter. Throughout the week, we did apple-themed activities such as Apple Jacks Math…

Help your little one boost their early reading and listening comprehension skills as well as retelling abilities with this digital download of our original poem, "Five Little Apples"! This poem helps support rhyming, rhythm, and reading dialogue with expression. Your little one can learn to recite the poem by themselves, act it out as they listen, or retell the poem on their own! THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD! If you would like to purchase a hard copy that is dry erase friendly with 5 wooden…

Apples! Apples!

Rhyming is an important skill in phonological awareness. This FUN rhyming activity can be used in whole group, small group, centers and morning tubs! Click to read more about this fun FALL game!

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