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Seeing the interest in the favorite apple thread and the upcoming Loveliness of Apples fair I realized we don't have a specifically apple rabbit trail thread (though apples and apple study have been mentioned in a few other threads). I thought it would be nice to collect ideas here in one place since this is a pretty universal topic for fall.
This thread has the most apple/apple pie ideas - How to Bake an Apple Pie & See the World.
A couple years ago I wrote this unit study for Homeschool Share - Apples to Oregon. We love this book!
Another favorite apple book is The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree.
We also enjoy Apple Picking Time and The Life and Times of the Apple.
So what are your favorite apple related books and activities?
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We really, really like the alphabet book illustrated by Gennady Spirin (I love his illustrations) A Apple Pie.
His book was based on A Apple Pie originally done by Kate Greenaway.
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Thanks Mary! I don't have ideas to share yet, but we'll be looking here!
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A couple of years ago, we read How to Make and Apple Pie and See the World. We went to the store and bought about 8 different types of apples. We came home and made a chart that covered color, texture, taste (sweet/tart) and something else (don't remember yet). We sampled all of them and then made a pie with the 8 different apples. My kids loved this chart idea.
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We did an apple unit in September and the favorite book we found we , Apple Tree Christmas by Trinka Hakes Noble. You can find it on my blog here.
It is about a family's beloved apple tree and what happens when it is blown down in a storm before Christmas. We just all loved it, even though it wasn't near Christmas time.
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oooh, i am wanting to do an apple unit soon but i had very few ideas, and even fewer resources. here are the activities i have in my head.
apple lapbook (free from somewhere online )
apple sauce
apple butter
dried apple rings
stamping with apples cut in half
johnny appleseed
fractions with cutting up apples
well, thats all i can think of off the top of my head and with a kid in one hand. i am anxious to see other peoples ideas.
thansk for starting this thread. 
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For the K and under set, we enjoy tying in math by using Dr. Seuss' Ten Apples Up On Top.
I designed a little counting game with apple counters and cards (because I couldn't get the spinner to work). I copied and laminated the three characters from the book for 3 players. Draw a card with a number and stack apples on your character's head. First one to ten wins!
I also had a lapbook in mind, but we never did that. In it, I intended to have the life cycle of an apple tree sequencing cards, parts of an apple puzzle (copied on cardstock and laminated), a place to store the counting game, plus the FIAR Circle matching game for How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World.
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there is a life cycle of an apple download at montesori for everyone which i can't link because i'm holding two kids as i type. if someone else would be so kind...it's nice for activity while you're reading aloud or baking.
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How to Make an Apple Pie... Resources Page
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Yesterday, I blogged about some books we've found for our current apple plan. Pretty fun stuff ... I'll post pictures of our apple dolls if they turn out 
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One of our favorites from the library for the little ones is Apples Here! by Will Hubbell
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All this info is great! We're rowing How to make and Apple Pie and See the World next week. This will be so fun! I rowed this last year but we just did the minimum so this time around will by much more fun!
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We enjoy reading The Apple Cake and following the recipe from the back of the book.
Another favorite is Apple Fractions since we can get some math in while taste testing various apples.
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MaryM, I just had a chance to peruse your Apple unit and it's out of this world, I love it!! Feeling inspired to make a go of an apple digression perhaps  Thanks for sharing, it's wonderful!!
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anyone have favorite apple poems to learn?? preferrably ones i can find online, as i dont have access to a library in these here parts
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IN case anyone is still working on this, I just saw someone (graciegaith?) mention on another part of the forum the free apple life cycle pdf download at Montessori for Everyone. Nice color photos plus a chart for the life cycle. Perfect to include in a lapbook!
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Lots of cute apple ideas on Crafty Crow.
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We made "apple suncatchers"
yesterday to go along with our apple unit....
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