Toddler Storytime: Apples

Early Literacy Tip: You don't actually need to read books aloud to your children ALL THE TIME in order for them to benefit. Talking about the illustrations in books helps children develop background knowledge and an appreciation for the visual arts. Talk about the colors- not only the names of the colors, but whether they are bright or pastel, clear or blurry. Doing this can be especially fun for longer books and books you have read over and over again.


Books



Apple Harvest by Calvin Harris


Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins


Pepo and Lolo and the Red Apple by Ana Martin Larranaga


Ned's New Home by Kevin Tseng

Activities/Visuals


Hand out red, yellow and green apples to toddlers. Recite the rhyme I Like Apples. After each verse, the toddlers bring their red, yellow or green apple to the flannel board.

Songs & Rhymes


Way up high in an apple tree

(add actions to the song)

Way up high in an apple tree.

Two red apples smiled at me.

I shook the tree as hard as I could.

Down came the apples!

Mmmm they were good.

Applesauce

Peel an apple, cut it up, cook it in a pot.

When you taste it you will find it’s applesauce you’ve got.

I Like Apples
Red apples,

Big apples,

Good apples,

Yummy apples,

Any kind of apples,

I like apples.

Green apples,

Big apples,

Good apples,

Yummy apples,

Any kind of apples,

I like apples.

Yellow apples,

Big apples,

Good apples,

Yummy apples,

Any kind of apples,

I like apples.