Encourage them to try different types of patterns beyond the typical ABAB pattern.Īnother way to use this play dough set is to practice making towers of different sizes. Older children can create their own patterns.

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For beginners you can make a pattern and ask kids to try and copy it. Try using the apples to make different kinds of patterns. You can also use the apples and play dough to practice sorting the apples by color. They’ll have fun trying to see if they can make it all the way to ten before their apples come toppling over. Then introduce the STEM challenge and encourage kids to try stacking as many apples as they can using the apples and the play dough. Once kids have explored the materials I’d suggest sitting down together to read Ten Apples Up on Top. In addition to free play, this play dough invitation can be used for a variety of math and science activities. Math and Science with the Ten Apples Up on Top Play Dough Introducing the STEM Challenge Give them time to play with the items as they’d like and observe as they make their own discoveries about the materials. Once you have your materials on hand, set up is very easy! Just place the apples out next to your play dough and leave them out for kids to explore freely at first. They are a bit bigger but still lightweight, so they should work well if you are not able to find any locally. Our apples are from Walmart, and they are about 1.5 inches in diameter. Small artificial apples-You can use real apples, but you may not be able to stack quite as many apples.Brown play dough (We scented ours with apple pie spice to give it an extra sensory touch.).This is also a terrific book to use at home or in the classroom for a letter A week, apples theme, or book-based study like we have in our lesson plan set. She’s been reading it over and over again, so I thought we’d do some follow up activities to go along with her enthusiasm.

Recently my youngest child learned to read Ten Apples Up on Top all by herself, and she’s very proud. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Emailįall and apples go hand and hand for us, so we always like to find some new ways to play and learn with apples this time of year.