Life Cycle of Apples for Preschoolers

Autumn time is apple season and the perfect time to learn about them! We started our "apple" week last Monday, and today, Vito and I just finished learning where apples came from. I was so inspired by our Water Cycle activity (Vito loved this activity so much!) that I decided to do the same approach with our Apple study.


Materials we used:

• Preschool Apple Life Cycle Printable Activity Set (from my shop)
• How Do Apples Grow?
• Glue or sticky tape
• Scissors
• Coloring materials (LYRA Waldorf Colored Pencils, crayons)
• Apples!
• Beleduc Life Cycle Layered Puzzle (optional)

Vito loves apples, and the best way to start a conversation about apples with him is to eat apples together and read How Do Apples Grow. This book has been with us for years, and it is one of the best non-fiction books so far that gives a detailed presentation of where apples come from in a narrative form. Another recommendation is the Fruits from My First Discoveries; it has fewer details (thus perfect for toddlers).

Then I showed him a life cycle poster (shown in the picture above) and asked him if we could make a bigger version and hang it on our door. He happily said yes, and I showed him the materials we have and what we will do with them.

I initially cut out the stage cards and laminated them so we could reuse them again. Here Vito was pasting the stages on an A3 red cardstock paper and using the poster in the learning pack as a guide.


This is a better-looking "poster" compared to his water cycle LOL, and he also did the part of drawing the arrows.


Next, we worked on the simpler life cycle chart and started coloring the activity sheets. Again we talked about the life cycle using this simple chart. He loved the part of the apple tree having flowers. With the help of some insects like bees, these flowers turned into apples in autumn time.


Color, cut, and gluing/stick. This is the work cycle that he loves to do at the moment.


He knew he would stick the stages into our mat cause it had to be the poster replica (guide). He didn't want to use the glue and used this masking tape instead. After completing his work, he commented that it looked like his apples had plasters.


And to conclude our activity, we played with this beautiful apple life cycle Beleduc layered puzzle I purchased from Amazon many years ago.


And that's about it! Simple hands-on activity on learning where apples came from, and if you want to know more about our learning pack, you can click below. Enjoy!

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