Apple Centers for Preschool | Kindergarten Morning Tubs

The Apple Centers for Preschool pack includes 18 printable activities designed for centers and small groups. These apple-themed activities strengthen fine motor skills, literacy, and numeracy through hands-on, interactive learning. Perfect for fall, back to school, and September themes, this resource makes planning easy and fun!

✨ Contents of Apple Centers for Preschool

🖍️ Fine Motor Apple Centers

• Apple Fine Motor Practice Mats (5 Mats): Print and laminate. Children place pom-poms, gems, or buttons inside the circles.
• Apple Write and Wipe Pre-Writing Tracing (9 Cards): Print, laminate, and secure with a ring. Children trace with dry-erase markers or build lines using play dough, yarn, or sequins.

🔤 Literacy Apple Centers for Preschool

• Apple Alphabet Tracing Practice – Upper & Lower Case (26 Cards): Trace letters with markers or tactile materials following directional arrows.
• Apple to Apple Tree Upper & Lower Case Match (26 Pages): Match letters. Add Velcro or pegs for extra fine motor practice.
• Apples to Crate Beginning Sounds (13 Pages): Sort apples into crates by beginning sounds.
• Apple Short Vowel Rhyming Match (10 Cards): Match rhyming apple cards.
• Apple Sight Words Spelling (40 Pre-Primer Words): Build sight words with apple cards, Scrabble letters, or magnetic letters.
• Apple Sequencing Cards – Picking Apples & Making Apple Pie (2 Sets: 4-Part and 6-Part): Sequence cards to show the order of events.

🔢 Math Apple Centers

• Apple Number Tracing 1–10 (10 Cards): Trace numbers with markers or build with beads, buttons, or play dough.
• Apple Tree Counting 1–10 (10 Pages): Place the correct number of apples or pom-poms on each tree.
• Apple Seed Number Match (1–10): Match seeds to numerals.
• Apple Order by Size – Smallest to Biggest (Differentiated): Order apples from smallest to largest.
• Apple Shape Sorting (10 Shapes): Match shaped apples to the correct tree.
• Apple Color Sorting (11 Colors): Match colored apples to trees or sort real objects by color.
• Apple AB Patterns (5 Cards): Identify and clip the correct picture to complete the pattern.

👀 Preschool Visual Discrimination

• What is Different? Apple Theme (4 Cards): Identify the picture that is different. Children can use pegs or markers.
• What Doesn’t Belong? Apple Theme (4 Cards): Find the odd-one-out in each set.
• Apple Shadow Matching (12 Card Pairs): Match apples and objects to their shadows.

📚 Educational Benefits

These Apples Preschool Center Activities build:

• Early math skills: counting, number recognition, comparing sizes, sequencing, addition, and patterns
• Literacy skills: letter recognition, beginning sounds, sight words, rhyming, and story sequencing
• Fine motor skills: tracing, clipping, matching, and hands-on manipulation
• Visual discrimination: spotting differences, identifying what doesn’t belong, and matching shadows

With 18 ready-to-go Apples Preschool & Kindergarten Centers, you’ll have everything you need to set up fun and engaging fall activities your students will love.

Happy Teaching! 😊