I’m happy to be part of a HUGE collaboration of Kid Blogger Network roundup! My roundup has 20+ apple phonics activities from Kid Blogger Network bloggers … with lots of great ideas for reinforcing phonics skills.
For the Montessori Monday link-up, go way to the bottom of the post. (AFTER the roundup linky and the Rafflecopter form, there’ll be a second linky for Montessori Monday.) Thanks! 🙂
Montessori Phonics
Phonics is a very important part of the Montessori language curriculum. Note: In Montessori education, we teach phonetic sounds before letter names. For any of the activities below, I would emphasize the letter sounds. Also, if you want to follow Montessori tradition, make the letters lowercase for your activities. Of course, set up your activities however works best for you and your child or students.
You can learn more about Montessori phonics through the links in this post: DIY Beginning Montessori Phonics for Preschoolers. Even though not all the activities featured here were intended to emphasize phonetic sounds rather than letter names, they can easily be taught in that way using techniques from this post: Inexpensive and DIY Sandpaper Letters.
20+ Apple Phonics Activities
Free Apple Printables and Montessori-Inspired Apple Activities (my post at Living Montessori Now has free apple printables, including a number of phonics printables, plus 3 phonics activities at PreK + K Sharing.)
Apple Tree Alphabet Game (Photo from Mom Inspired Life at Pre-K Pages)
Apple Tree Alphabet Game by Danielle from Mom Inspired Life at Pre-K Pages
Apple Letters (Photo from Wildflower Ramblings)
Apple Upper- and Lowercase Letter Matching (Using Apple Letters from Apple Preschool Pack by A Teaching Mommy) from Wildflower Ramblings
Letter A Find It (Photo from Delightful Learning)
Tot School with Bo (Letter A) from Delightful Learning
A is for Apple (and Avocado) Basket (Photo from The Good Long Road)
A Is for Apple (+ Avocado) Basket from The Good Long Road
Apple Alphabet Matching (Photo from I Heart Craftsy Things for Artsy Mama)
ABC Apple Matching Printable for Preschoolers by Rachel from I Heart Craftsy Things at Artsy Mama
A is for Apple (Free Printables Included) from This Reading Mama
A is for Apple (with Free Apple Pack) from 3 Dinosaurs
A Is for Apple (Learning Letters) from Learn with Play at Home
A Is for Apple Q Tip Painting (Photo from Every Star Is Different)
A Is for Apple Q Tip Painting from Every Star Is Different (using printable from 1+1+1=1)
A is for Apple from A Little Pinch of Perfect
A Is for Apple: Torn Paper Art from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
A Is for Apple Do a Dot Printables from Crystal & Co.
A Is for Apple Sun Catchers (Photo from Naturally Educational)
A Is for Apple Sun Catchers from Naturally Educational
A is for Apple Craft (Photo from Parenting Chaos)
A is for Apple Craft from Parenting Chaos
A Is for Apple (with free printable) from The Measured Mom
A Is for Apple (Free Letter A Printable) from The Measured Mom
Short Vowel Apples (Photo from Toddler Approved)
Alphabet and Short Vowel Apples from Toddler Approved
Apple Preschool Pack from A Teaching Mommy
A Is for Apple Activities from Teaching Mama
Tot School Letter A from School Time Snippets
Apple Art Print Letters from Fun-a-Day!
Apple Word Bump (Photo from This Reading Mama
Apple Word Bump from This Reading Mama
Free Apple Themed Word Sort {for Short a and Other a Sounds} from This Reading Mama
Free Apple Poetry Pack from This Reading Mama
Apple Picking Name Game (can be used with phonetic words, too) from The Pleasantest Thing
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Montessori Monday Link-Up
If you have some Montessori activity trays/lessons to share, please link up below. It’s fine to link up a post from your archives – and you may link up anytime during the week! Your post may be any Montessori-inspired activity or idea. It doesn’t need to be related to my Montessori Monday post.
If you’re wondering what’s considered “Montessori inspired” and what to link up (or not link up), check out my “What Is Montessori Inspired?” post. Link up your exact post URL so that we can find your activity if we return to the linky at a later date (which I often do when I’m looking for activities for a roundup post). Don’t link to giveaway posts (unless the giveaway is only part of a Montessori-inspired post). Giveaways in general should go on my giveaway linky. Also, don’t link directly to products. You can link up a review of a Montessori product or activity post related to a Montessori product.
I publish the Montessori Monday post and linky each Monday morning and keep the linky open throughout the week.Please place the Montessori Monday button (using the code from the right sidebar) in your post or put a link back to this post. I do a lot of pinning on Pinterest and sharing on the Living Montessori Now Facebook page from the Montessori Monday link-up.Thanks for participating!
Notes For community discussions, please join us at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page. And don’t forget the Saturday/Sunday weekend sharing days where you may share a kid-related activity of any kind at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page!
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kelli b says
August 24, 2015 at 7:36 pmi love taking my kids to all the local orchards or pumpkin patches. we love going for walks. i take them to see my family a little more north than us where they have gorgeous pine trees and a much more beautiful fall season.
Francine Anchondo says
August 26, 2015 at 7:57 amgoing to the pumpkin patch
andrea amy says
August 29, 2015 at 11:48 pmwe love to hang out at the park during the autumn when its not so hot!
Valentine says
August 30, 2015 at 8:35 pmBy far our favorite fall activities are farm-related, whether joining in local harvest festivals or various pumpkin projects like carving, roasting and eating seeds, making pie, and, new this year, a pumpkin rolling contest!
Jenn says
September 2, 2015 at 7:05 amProbably apple picking and going to the great pumpkin farm. Although walks through pretty trees always makes me happy, too 🙂
addibrae says
September 5, 2015 at 2:26 pmI love fall baking
Dani says
September 8, 2015 at 11:38 amWe used to make leafprints.
Alicia says
September 10, 2015 at 9:32 amWalks scavenger hunts
LauraHS says
September 10, 2015 at 10:18 amOur favorite fall activity is eating pumpkin pancakes! We also like walking and bike riding since it’s not so hot and even my 3 year old understands that the leaves are changing colors!
Dana says
September 10, 2015 at 10:46 amThis would be perfect if I can win this so I can use the money to set up my montessori homeschool environment.
karma says
September 10, 2015 at 1:00 pmCollecting leaves, and using them in art (rubbings, collage, etc.)
Jodie says
September 10, 2015 at 5:15 pmLeaf rubbings and dye
Autumn soup and harvest veggies
Yaa says
September 10, 2015 at 9:35 pmOur favorite activity is baking apple pie!
Vanessa Achilles says
September 13, 2015 at 7:08 amLovely activities. We love collecting leaves and branches to make small crafts.
Brittany says
September 13, 2015 at 4:26 pmMy students enjoy apple cutting in the food prep area of our classroom. Another favorite is pumpkin scrubbing and observing the parts of a pumpkin
Cindy says
September 14, 2015 at 7:45 pmMy daughter and I’s favourite fall activity is to collect leaves!
Hope says
September 24, 2015 at 2:27 pmMy favorite fall activity as a family is to go on nature walks!
R G says
September 24, 2015 at 3:21 pmPumpkin pitching ( rolling), pumpkin patch, apple picking, making a scarecrow, hiking, jumping in leaf piles, so much to love about Autumn!
Jeanette Ford says
September 25, 2015 at 2:39 amFavorite Fall activity is ALL OF THEM! pumpkin patches and carving, trick or treating, Fall colors and decor. But especially all the apple treats.