Last Updated on October 14, 2025 by Sheryl Cooper
Inside: Toddler and Preschool Apple Theme Resources – Activities, Songs, Printables, and More!
In previous years, I combined pumpkins and apples but realized we needed more time to explore both. So, I moved apples from October to the second half of September.
However, if apples works better for you to do in October, you could combine it with pumpkins as I have done in the past.
A reminder that these are just ideas from what I’ve done in the past. Pick and choose what will work in your classroom with your group of children. Some of these are more intended for younger children, and some are for older preschoolers.
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Watch a one-minute tour of our apple themed classroom here!
Preschool Apple Theme Resources
Apple Theme Resources
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Art
- Cardboard Apple Collage
- Painting and Washing Apples
- Apple Prints
- Stamping with Apples
- 3-Dimensional Apple Trees
- Red, Green, Yellow Apple Collage
- Spin-Art Apples
Cooking
Sensory Bin
- We’ve also used green dyed rice with the apples and sorting bowls.
Writing Table
- Put the Apples on the Apple Tree -Using Dot Markers (There are a variety of ways to use this, as shown in the post.)
- Apple Printable
- Apple Word/Shape Tracing Page (from our Fall Tracing Shapes & Words Packet)
- Apple Outline and Name Page (from our Fruit & Vegetables Packet)
- Square Color Sheets (Because we focus on the shape of the square this month.)
Playdough
Red Playdough and Apple Cookie Cutters
Fine Motor
Colors
Apple Color Sorting (Can be done on a regular table or a light table.)
Science
- Week 1: Apple Life Cycle (from Preschool Fall Activity Plans)
- What Color is Your Apple? Children can bring an apple from home and place it on the same colored card. (Free Printable)
Dramatic Play
Blocks
- Red, Green, Yellow Wooden Blocks with Other Loose Parts
- Red, Green, Yellow Magnatiles
Circle Time
Apple Props (Free Printable)
Apple Number Matching (from the Apple Orchard Pack)
Way Up High In the Apple Tree
Circle Time Counting Activity
- Toddlers
- Preschool
You can see these activities and more here: Apple Themed Circle Time Activities
Table Activities
- Fall Shapes Color Matching with Pom Poms (Fall Pom Pom Color Matching Packet)
- Apple 1-10 Matching (Apple Activity Packet)
- Apple Counting (Free Printable)
- How Many Apples? (Free Printable)
Shapes
- Dot Circle Page (from the Dot Stamping Shapes Packet)
- Circle Fine Motor Page (Free Printable)
Songs
- Way Up High in the Apple Tree (from the Song & Rhyme Pack Vol. 2)
Our playlist:
Easel
Apple shaped paper
Light Table
Idea #1:
Idea #2:
- Green Translucent Blocks and Red Apples
- Red, Green, Yellow Window Blocks
- Red, Green, Yellow Magnatiles
Books
- Peppa Goes Apple Picking
- Eat ‘Em Up Apples
- 5 Little Apples
- Pat the Bunny at the Apple Orchard
- Ten Apples Up On Top
- An Apple’s Life
- How Do Apples Grow?
- Applesauce Day
- Pinkalicious: Apples, Apples, Apples
Apple Products
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