Stacking Apples Game: A Fall STEM Activity for Kids

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STEM Activity for Ten apples Up On Top for Kids

Create a hands-on fall STEM activity with this stacking apples game using pretend apples and playdough. Here’s how to play.

Stacking Apples Game for Ten apples Up On Top for Kids

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Stacking Apples STEM Game for Kids

Finding a story book that shares STEM concepts in it can be such fun. One of our new favorite this fall is the book Ten Apples Up on Top! by Dr. Seuss our featured book of the week for the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids!

It’s a perfect match to challenge your child’s thinking skills with our stacking apples game.

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After reading this adorable story of three friends challenging each other to stack on more apples you instantly want to how many apples can you really stack on top of your head. You and I both know it’s nearly impossible to stack up 10 apples on your head but for kids who still believe in magic and have huge imaginations its’ quite possible, right?

So with the magic of a few materials you can build your child’s imagination and creative thinking skills to make this Stacking Apples Game.

Materials:

Pretend Apples or Decorative Apples
Playdough
Foam Numbers

Directions for Apple STEM Game

1. Read the story Ten Apples Up on Top! with your child.

2. Get out the pretend apples and allow your child time to play with them and see what they do. Before starting any new game with young children it can be helpful to give them time just to play before you begin to give them specifics tasks that need to be completed.

3. After exploring the apples discuss with your child how it would be fun to stack the apples up on top just like in the storybook. Make a STEM Challenge! Ask you child how many they think they could stack on top of each other.

4. Create a tray area for them to explore the Apples STEM challenge. Give them the container of play dough and tell them they can use it if it will help them get 10 apples up on top, just like the book. Better yet give them a container of numbers and challenge them to build up the matching amount to the number the pull out from the selection.

And then wait… see what they come up with on their own as they stack the apples.

I did this activity with both of my kids ages 5 and 10 which have different problem solving skill sets. They both took the STEM challenge independently and then discovered quite quickly it’s easier to work together when it gets to the really high numbers.

5. As your child builds with the Playdough and Pretend Apples encourage them to try various ways to see which one performs the best when holding up the apples to their highest point. We were able to get to 10 apples but it took some patience and a few extra fingers to get up there. Just like in the story as they characters used their apple tree sticks to keep them up on top.

How tall did your child’s apple stack get?

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Apple Week

If you want to join in our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids, read our featured book for the week (or any Apple book), try out any of the Apple themed activities shared on my blog, and tag them with #vbcforkids on instagram so we can check them out.