Kindergarten Storytime: Apples Theme

Welcome

Welcome everyone to storytime and do introductions as appropriate.

Opening Song

The Hello Song

Hello, hello, hello, hello
I'm glad you're here today.
It's nice to meet you, a pleasure to greet you
I'm glad you came my way.

Hello, hello, hello, hello
So happy you've come my way
We'll share a song and sing along
Let music brighten your day.

Hello, hello, hello, hello
Delighted you're here today.
Clap to the beat or dance with your feet
In a special musical way.

Hello, hello, hello, hello
I'm glad you're here today.
It's nice to meet you, a pleasure to greet you
I'm glad you came my way.

Rhyme

The Little Red House

What is round

and red

has no windows

has no door

a chimney on top

and a star inside?

An apple.

Use this rhyme to introduce today's topic. You could also put the rhyme up on chart paper or sentence strips with picture clues.

Picture Book Sharing

Hall, Z., & Halpern, S. (1996). The apple pie tree. New York: Scholastic.

Graphing Activity

Ask children which color of apple they like the best (red, green, or yellow). Let them choose the matching color paper apple onto a large graph.

Felt Board Story

Five Red Apples

Five red apples hanging in a tree
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown
And one little apple came tumbling down

Four red apples hanging in a tree
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown
And one little apple came tumbling down

Three red apples hanging in a tree
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown
And one little apple came tumbling down

Two red apples hanging in a tree
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown
And one little apple came tumbling down

One red apples hanging in a tree
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown
And one little apple came tumbling down

From: http://www.preschoolprintables.com/felt/apples/feltapplec.shtml

There are also printable pictures to use as felt pieces available on the website.

Nonfiction Book Sharing

Gibbons, G. (2000). Apples. New York: Holiday House.

Movement Poem

Ten Red Apples

Ten red apples growing on a tree,
(Hold hands up high.)

Five for you and five for me.
(Shake one hand, then the other.)

Help me shake the tree just so,
(Shake whole body.)

And ten red apples down below,
(Lower hands while flitting fingers.)

One, two, three, four, five,
(Count fingers on one hand.)

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
(Count fingers on opposite hand.)

**Author Unknown

Song

Have You Ever Seen An Apple?
(tune: Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?)

Have you ever seen an apple,
an apple, an apple.
Have you ever seen an apple,
that grows on a tree?
A red one, a yellow one,
a green one, a golden one.
Have you ever seen an apple,
that grows on a tree?

Picture Book Sharing

LeSieg, T., & McKie, R. (1961). Ten apples up on top! [New York]: Beginner Books.

Picture Book Sharing

Hutchins, P. (2000). Ten red apples. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Song

I'm a Little Apple

Sing to the tune: I'm a Little Teapot
I'm a little apple, short and round,
I make a munchy, crunchy sound,
If you bite into me you will see -
I'm delicious as can be!

**Author unknown

Have children perform the motions of the song.

Closing Song

Alice the camel

Alice the camel has five humps.
Alice the camel has five humps.
Alice the camel has five humps.
So go, Alice, go.
Alice the camel has four humps.
Alice the camel has four humps.
Alice the camel has four humps.
So go, Alice, go.
Alice the camel has three humps.
Alice the camel has three humps.
Alice the camel has three humps.
So go, Alice, go.
Alice the camel has two humps.
Alice the camel has two humps.
Alice the camel has two humps.
So go, Alice, go.
Alice the camel has one hump.
Alice the camel has one hump.
Alice the camel has one hump.
So go, Alice, go.
Alice the camel has no humps.
Alice the camel has no humps.
Alice the camel has no humps.
Now Alice is a horse

Optional Art/Snacks

Snacks: Children could sample a variety of apple types, applesauce, and other various apple products.

Art: Children could paint with apples (using the apple as a stamp). They could also create a construction paper tree by cutting out the trunk and leaves, then ripping red pieces of paper to be the apples.