Johnny Appleseed Craft & Activities | Reader, Slideshow, Writing Flipbook & Hat

Teach Johnny Appleseed Day with a complete set of Johnny Appleseed activities designed for Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade! This low-prep Johnny Appleseed craft resource includes a writing flipbook, emergent reader, printable hat, sequencing activities, coordinated slideshow, teacher lesson plan, teacher script, and apple life cycle learning—all in one ready-to-teach K–2 unit.

Students learn about the real life of John Chapman, explore the facts and legends connected to Johnny Appleseed, read about his travels and apple orchards, sequence important events, and respond to their learning through reading, writing, social studies, and hands-on activities.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• How to Use / Teaching Guide

• Complete Johnny Appleseed Lesson Plan

• Slide-by-Slide Teacher Script

• Johnny Appleseed Slideshow

• Johnny Appleseed Emergent Reader

• Johnny Appleseed Craft & Apple Writing Flipbook

• Printable Johnny Appleseed Hat

• Johnny Appleseed Sequencing Activities

• Differentiated Writing Pages

• Fill-in-the-Blank Writing Pages

• Word Banks

• Apple Life Cycle Learning

• Apple Facts and Vocabulary

JOHNNY APPLESEED CRAFT + WRITING FLIPBOOK:

Students create an adorable Johnny Appleseed craft holding an apple-shaped writing flipbook. The writing pages attach directly to the craft, creating a hands-on response activity that also makes an eye-catching fall bulletin board or classroom display.

Students write about:

• Meet Johnny

• Johnny’s Life

• The Legend

• Apples

Multiple writing options are included so you can differentiate the activity for Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students. Choose from open-ended writing pages or scaffolded fill-in-the-blank responses with word banks.

JOHNNY APPLESEED HAT + SEQUENCING ACTIVITY:

Students can make their own printable Johnny Appleseed hat as part of your Johnny Appleseed Day activities. Two hat-band options are included, including a sequencing version where students place important events from Johnny Appleseed’s life in order.

This gives students another hands-on way to review what they have learned about John Chapman.

PRINTABLE JOHNNY APPLESEED READER:

The Johnny Appleseed emergent reader introduces students to Johnny Appleseed using simple, age-appropriate text and illustrations.

Students learn:

• Johnny Appleseed’s real name was John Chapman

• When and where he was born

• How he worked with apple trees

• How he traveled

• His kindness toward animals and nature

• Stories that became part of his legend

• His connection to apple orchards

• Basic apple life cycle facts

The printable Johnny Appleseed reader coordinates with the slideshow, making it easy to introduce the lesson whole group and then reinforce the same information through student reading.

JOHNNY APPLESEED SLIDESHOW + TEACHER SCRIPT:

Use the coordinated Johnny Appleseed slideshow to introduce the lesson before students complete the reader, craft, writing, hat, and sequencing activities.

The lesson covers:

• Johnny Appleseed / John Chapman

• His birth and early life

• Apple orchards

• His travels

• Kindness and nature

• People he met

• Johnny Appleseed legends

• How his story became a legend

• Apples and apple trees

• The apple life cycle

A complete slide-by-slide teacher script is included so you can teach directly from the slideshow without having to create additional notes or research background information.

MORE THAN A JOHNNY APPLESEED CRAFT:

These Johnny Appleseed activities give students multiple ways to interact with the same content. Students listen and discuss during the slideshow, read independently or together, sequence events, complete informational and opinion writing, explore the apple life cycle, and create hands-on projects connected to their learning.

Use the activities together as a complete Johnny Appleseed lesson or choose individual pieces to fit your Apple Week, fall social studies unit, literacy block, or September lesson plans.

PERFECT FOR:

• Johnny Appleseed Day

• Johnny Appleseed activities

• Johnny Appleseed craft

• Johnny Appleseed reader activities

• Johnny Appleseed writing

• September activities

• Apple Week

• Fall social studies

• Kindergarten social studies

• First grade social studies

• Second grade social studies

• Kindergarten literacy

• First grade literacy

• Second grade literacy

• Biography units

• Historical figures

• Fall writing activities

• Social studies + literacy integration

• Apple life cycle lessons

• Bulletin board displays

DIFFERENTIATION INCLUDED:

Writing options are included for different developmental levels, including primary writing lines, larger writing spaces, open-ended response pages, and scaffolded fill-in-the-blank pages with word banks.

This makes it easy to use the same Johnny Appleseed unit across Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade while giving students the level of support they need.

This complete Johnny Appleseed craft and activity unit gives you everything you need to introduce Johnny Appleseed, teach about the real life of John Chapman, explore the difference between historical facts and legends, build reading comprehension, practice sequencing, and extend learning through writing and hands-on activities.

Print, teach, read, write, create, and celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day with one coordinated K–2 resource!