Apple Math Graphing Ask each child to bring an apple to school, but don't specify what kind or color. Graph the apples by color, using Ellison diecut apples on the graph. Write sentences about your graph, telling how many of each color, and which color has the most, the least, fewer, greater, more than and less than. Have an apple tasting, and graph each child's favorite color apple. Make 4 sets of 4 apples of each size and color, and store in baggies.
Children can match, sort, and make patterns.
Make a Venn Diagram showing the different ways the apples can be grouped, i.e., large apples and small apples with apples the same color in the middle, red apples and yellow apples with all the small or large apples in the middle, etc. Make apple prints by cutting apples in half and dipping them in paint, them making patterns with various colors. Estimation Using a balance scale, estimate how many teddy bear counters will equal one apple. Repeat for a red apple, a green apple, and a yellow apple. Apples make you healthy, Apples make you tall.