Apple Index

Sample pictures from the Apple Index below.

       Apple, a fruit that many authorities consider the most valuable of any cultivated by mankind. It is by far the most generally cultivated of any grown in the temperate regions, and it is also one of the most appreciated. The person who does not enjoy eating apples is a rarity. The tree which bears this popular fruit belongs to the rose family. It can be grown in Norway and other countries as far north as 65 degrees north. The blossoms are very susceptible to injury from frost, but they appear mush later then peach or apricot blossoms and so avoid the late frost which would be fatal to fruit bearing. Apple trees reach a moderate height and have spreading branches. The leaves are nearly oval, and the pinkish-white flowers are produced from very short shoots or spurs, which are usually of two years' growth.

Apple Artifacts & Art for Enhancing Lesson Plans:

1. DIY Apple Card Games for Early Learners - It's time for apple season and the fun games and activities teachers share in the classroom.
2. "Apple of My Eye" Valentines - Apple themes for Valentine's Day Fun!
3. Print and Play An Apple Themed Color Sort Game - Young children can learn their colors: yellow, green and red by sorting apples.
4. Stringing Beads at The Early Leaning Center - Start preschool small motor coordination by stringing beads.
5. Scrumdiddlyumtious Apple Quince Treats and Recipes! - Moms and Dads can bake apple recipes in the kitchen with their kids to celebrate Fall.
6. "A" was once a counting apple pie too! - Kids can craft an apple pie pocket and insert paper apples while counting them.
7. Craft a Half-Eaten Home! - fun with cotton balls, pom-poms and paper plates
8. All 'descendants' of Johnny Appleseed - How to make dolls from dried, carved apples.
9. Links to More Than 100 Apple Crafts!
10. Craft an Apple Lacing Card from A Paper Plate - make your own lacing, paper plates for little students
11. String a Wormy Apple Craft - A fun craft to develop small motor skills and well, eating to be honest.
12. "Oats and Wild Apples," by Frank Asch - Preschool through 2nd graders will love this book for Fall.
13. "Ten Red Apples," by Pat Hutchins - counting book for kindergarten
14. Johnny Appleseed Praise and Worship - old-fashioned theme for Fall
15. Who was Johnny Appleseed? - Do you know Johnny Appleseed was a real person? He was also a missionary...
16. The "Act" of Tearing Develops Small Muscles - tearing idea along with pattern links
17. Around The Apple Tub - people and animals still play this game?
18. Old Apple Recipes - recipes over 100 years ago
19. Template of Apples On A Branch - free, drawn pattern for teachers and students
20. Apple Math Game for Bulletin Boards  - explanation and template
21. Cut, color and assemble sweet Adam and Annie Apple paper dolls... - These paper dolls come with free patterns.
    

Apple Themed Poems:

1. A Summer Snowstorm! ". . . all our pretty orchard grass, is hidden out of sight.''
2. Little Apple Rhymes and Poems - '' I plucked pink blossoms from mine apple-tree...''
3. The Apple Rhyme - "In my garden grows a tree''
4. The Planting Of The Apple Tree  - ''Come, let us plant the apple-tree!"
5. Apple Time - multiple short rhymes
6. At Apple-Pickin' Time - ''When a frosty carpet sparkles in the hollow...''
7. The Cider Mill - I can hear your music still, creaking, creaking...''