Apple-Themed Math Activities Using Pom-Poms

Apple-themed activities seem to flourish at the start of the school year.

Whether you are looling for ideas for an apple unit at school or homeschool, or you just want a few fun learning activities for fall, there are plenty of fun apple activities for kids to choose from.  

We had fun with our own apple unit in homeschool, starting with a few preschool apple math activities using pom-poms.

We used red, yellow, and green pom-poms to represent apples for these fun apple unit activities.

For more math fun, check out our apple skip counting activity. 

Apple Math Activities

Sorting:  Sort the “apples” into baskets by color.  You could also do size if you have different sized pom-poms.  (Our baskets are empty yogurt containers that have been washed and dried.)

Patterns:  Use the pom-pom apples to work on patterns.   You can challenge your child to create their own patterns or give them a type of pattern you want created (such as a simple AB pattern or an AAB pattern).

For younger students you might want to start a pattern and then ask them which color would come next in the pattern you created.

One-To-One Correspondence:  Work on one to one correspondence with the pom-poms as you count.   Line up the pom-poms and show your child how to point to each “apple” as you count.

Counting:  Ask your child to count out a specific number of apples.  I created simple construction paper apples and wrote different numbers on them for my kindergartner to then count out that many apples.

Addition and Subtraction:  Use the pom-pom apples as manipulatives to work on adding and subtracting skills.  

You could use the pom-poms to help your child work on addition or subtraction problems on pre-made math worksheets.  Or you could create your own math problems to work on together.  (If I have 5 red apples and I add 4 green apples, how many apples do I have total?)

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