For the month of September, we decided to make apples the theme of the month since it naturally flows with the season. Here is a list of possible activities you can do with your child in the minority language. I have included photos of some of the activities so you can see how our family did them.
Practical Life (Vie pratique)
- Wash apples
- Transfer apples
- Applesauce
- Apple pie
- Apple cinnamon muffins
- Dissect an apple
Practical Life Vocabulary List
| Français | English | Example |
| laver | wash | Lave les pommes avant de les manger. Wash the apples before eating them. |
| rincer | rinse | Rince les pommes. Rinse the apples. |
| frotter | scrub | Frotte les pommes avec une brosse. Scrub the apples with a brush. |
| écraser | mash, crush | Écrase les pommes pour faire de la compote. Mash the apples to make applesauce. |
| essuyer | dry | Essuie les pommes avec un torchon. Dry the apples with a towel. |
| transférer | transfer | Transfère les pommes dans le bol. Transfer the apples into the bowl. |
| verser | pour | Verse l’eau. Pour the water. |
| éplucher | peel | Epluche les pommes avant de les couper. Peel the apples before cutting them. |
| remuer | stir | Remue la compote de pomme. Stir the applesauce. |
| enfourner | put in the oven | Enfourne la tarte aux pommes. Put the apple pie in the oven. |
| étaler | roll out | Etale la pâte avec le rouleau. Roll out the dough with the rolling pin. |
| les moules | molds (muffin tin) | Place la pâte dans les moules. Place the dough in the molds. |
| la garniture | filling | Mets la garniture sur la pâte. Put the filling on the dough. |











Sensorial (Sensoriel)
- Taste test between Granny Smith and Fuji (any apple that has a stark sweet vs. sour taste works)
- Apple color sorting and picking
- Smell, contrast cinnamon and vanilla extract
- Balance an apple on your head
- Apple themed lacing cards
- Orchard themed shadow matching cards
Sensorial Vocabulary List
| Français | English | Example |
| le verger | orchard | On va visiter le verger. We’re going to the orchard. |
| le pommier | apple tree | Le pommier est grand. The apple tree is tall. |
| la Granny-Smith | Granny Smith | Je goûte une Granny-Smith. I’m tasting a Granny Smith. |
| la Fuji | Fuji | La Fuji est sucrée. Fuji is sweet. |
| sucrée | sweet | La pomme est sucrée. The apple is sweet. |
| acidulée | tart | La pomme est acidulée. The apple is tarte. |
| fraîche | fresh | Cette pomme est fraîche. This apple is fresh. |
| croquante | crunchy | La pomme est croquante. The apple is crunchy. |
| ronde | round | La pomme est ronde. The apple is round. |
| ferme | firm | Cette pomme est ferme. This apple is firm. |
| goûter | taste | On va goûter la pomme. We’re going to taste the apple. |
| sentir | smell | Qu’est-ce que tu sens ? What do you smell? |
| toucher | touch | Tu veux toucher la pomme ? Do you want to touch the apple? |
| trier | sort | Trie les pommes par couleur. Sort the apples by color. |
| cueillir | pick | On cueille des pommes dans le verger. We’re picking apples in the orchard. |
| passer le fil | thread the string | Passe le fil dans les trous de la carte à lacer. Thread the string through the holes of the lacing string. |



Science (Les sciences)
- Life cycle of an apple tree
- Parts of an apple (felt puzzle version)
- Why apples fall (gravity, natural processes)
- Baking soda apples (chemical reaction)
- Dancing apple seeds (density, carbon dioxide reaction)
- Oxidation rate of apple slices (chaque tranche était couverte de sel, de miel, de vinaigre, d’eau, d’air)
Science Vocabulary List
| Français | English | Example |
| le cycle de vie | life cycle | Voici le cycle de vie du pommier. Here is the life cycle of a tree. |
| la gravité | gravity | La pomme tombe à cause de la gravité. The apple falls because of gravity. |
| la réaction chimique | chemical reaction | Regarde la réaction chimique. Look at the chemical reaction. |
| le vinaigre | vinegar | Verse le vinaigre. Pour the vinaigre. |
| le bicarbonate de soude | baking soda | Le bicarbonate de soude réagit avec le vinaigre. The baking soda is reacting with the vinegar. |
| la pipette | pipette/dropper | Presse la pipette. Squeeze the dropper. |
| la bulle | bubble | Tu vois les bulles ? Do you see the bubbles? |
| L’oxydation | oxidation | La pomme brunit à cause de l’oxydation. The apple browns because of oxidation. |
| pétiller | fizz | Le mélange commence à pétiller. The mixture is starting to fizz. |
| réagir | react | Les ingrédients réagissent ensemble. The ingredients are reacting together. |
| la pousse | sprout | La graine pousse et devient une pousse. The seed grows and becomes a sprout. |
| le bourgeon | bud | Le bourgeon va s’ouvrir. The bud is going to open. |
| la fleur | flower | La fleur devient un fruit. The flower becomes a fruit. |






Math (Maths)
- Apple counting
- Sorting big apples from small apples


Math Vocabulary List
| Français | English |
| un | one |
| deux | two |
| trois | three |
| quatre | four |
| cinq | five |
| petit(e) | small |
| grand(e) | tall |
| Cette pomme est plus petite. | This apple is smaller. |
Language (Langage)
- Parts of an apple nomenclature cards (Link down below)
- Recipes
- Taste test description words (sucrée, acidulée, croquante, juteuse)
- Any activity that you do that involves talking!
Art
- Apple stamping
- Paint apples with toilet paper roll
- Placing “apple stickers” on a tree
- Cotton ball apple tree
- Coloring with the colors of apples (orange, rouge, vert.e, jaune)
- Le pommier – play dough mat










Art Vocabulary List
| Français | English | Example |
| tamponner | to stamp | Tamponne la pomme sur la feuille. Stamp the apple on the paper. |
| peindre | to paint | Tu veux peindre une pomme? Do you want to paint an apple? |
| la peinture | paint | Choisis ta peinture. Choose your paint. |
| le pinceau | brush | Voici le pinceau rouge. Here’s the red paintbrush. |
| l’autocollant | sticker | Ajoute des autocollants. Add some stickers. |
| la pâte à modèler | play dough | Fais une pomme avec la pâte à modeler. Make an apple with play dough. |
| l’empreinte | print/imprint | Regarde l’empreinte de la pomme. Look at the apple print. |
Music (Musique)
Books (Albums)
- Trognon et Pépin – Bénédicte Guettier
- Toto veut la pomme – Mathieu Lavoie
- J’aime les pommes – Marie Wabbes
- Le secret – Eric Battut
- Un petit trou dans une pomme – Giorgio Vanetti
- The Red Fruit – Kazuo Iwamura (I found this at my library, but here is a version that I found in French)
Poems (Poésie)
For this poem, I had yellow, red, and green balls that we pretended were apples. We created our own movements and added other props to the song. My kids enjoyed this!
Link to parts of an apple nomenclature cards and a booklet to accompany them – This website has TON of free Montessori resources for free!

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