Counting Apples 0 – 10 for Preschoolers
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I love the colors and products that Fall brings in, the opportunity to harvest apple orchards and pumpkins, go on hay rides, and read beautiful books. This FREE Counting Apples 0 – 10 printable for preschoolers goes perfectly with this season, and its hands-on nature will help preschoolers practice their counting and fine motor skills.
This FREE printable includes 11 boxes with 0 to 10 apples, conveniently in black and white, to allow children to color the apples after they count them and write the number. You can get it at the end of this post.
Importance of Counting and One-to-One Correspondence Skills
Preschoolers must understand math concepts to set the foundation for developing their number and math skills in the future. When children develop a strong foundation in number sense, they will be able to develop their problem-solving skills, which are extremely important for their future.
Now, counting involves memorizing numbers in the correct order. Many preschoolers can count to five, some up to 10, and a few can count to 20 or higher, but they must match their counting abilities with their one-to-one correspondence skills.
One-to-one correspondence is the ability to match objects to the correct number. This means that children must understand that they need to say “one” when they count one object, “two” when they count two objects, and so forth.
When both skills, counting and one-to-one correspondence, work together, children have a better opportunity to develop those important skills and set up a strong foundation for more complex mathematical operations in the future.
Counting Apples 0-10 Activity
This activity is easy to put together, and you will only need a handful of materials, which are:
- FREE Counting Apples 0 – 10 printable (found at the end of this post).
- White paper or cardstock.
- Laminator, and laminator pouches, or
- Dry-erase pockets.
- Pencils, markers, colored pencils, crayons, or dry–erase markers.
This printable offers one page for each number 0 – 10. To use the activities once, print only the selected page on regular printer paper. To use the pages multiple times, print them out on white cardstock, laminate them, or place them in dry-erase pockets.
Place the pages in your math center and invite your preschoolers to count the apples on each page aloud, write the correct number, and color the apples. Offer them a variety of writing and coloring utensils. That way, your children will enjoy practicing their counting abilities, keeping them engaged and interested. You can also have them match mini apples, erasers, pom-poms, buttons, or chips to each apple as they count.
You can also combine these activities with my Apple Shape Match and Apple Letter Tracing activities to combine Literacy and Math and give them more choices.
Books About Counting Apples
Read apple-related counting books with your children. This activity will encourage them to see, hear, and say numbers aloud and count objects together. Below are some suggestions. You can find them at your local library, used book store, or on Amazon. For your convenience, I added my direct Amazon links to the titles. If you like anything, click on it, which will take you directly to the site.
- Ten Happy Apples by Artin Action is a rhyme about an apple and his friends who have fun playing and adventuring. It is designed to help small children count from one to ten with straightforward text that utilizes sight words to promote early reading habits.
- Five Little Apples by Yusuke Yunezu features basic math concepts, friendly, smiling animals, and a bold, bright, kid-friendly design.
- Apple Pie Time by D. D. Glover incorporates visualizing through all the senses and practices counting through meaningful, beautiful illustrations.
- Mr. Bear’s Apple Tree: A Magical Counting Book by A. J. Wood tells the story of Mr. Bear, who counts the apples on his tree as some hungry bees eat them, one by one.
- Aria Picks Ten Apples by Crystal L. Gantt is an interacting counting book that teaches both number and number name recognition through visual imagery, set against the beautiful backdrop of an apple orchard.
- Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins teaches how to count from 1 to 10 using pretty apples.
- Apple Tree, Apple Tree, What Do You See? by Sharon Reyford helps preschoolers count from 1 to 10 and includes a few activity pages to reinforce number learning and handwriting.
- Apple Countdown by Joan Holub: This creative countdown, from 20 to 1, includes grouping and simple additions. The inside cover of this cheerful book is filled with apple facts.
- Ten Apples Up on the Top! by Leo LeSieg teaches kids to count to ten with a dose of signature Seuss charm.
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