No supplies needed today. Your child's own body is the counting tool. We count on fingers, then toes, then claps and stomps, all the way to ten.

Most picture books show red apples, so many toddlers think every apple is red. Today we look closer. Apples come in lots of colors, and some are more than one color at once. The U.S. grows more than 100 kinds of apples.

Pat Hutchins wrote some of the most loved picture books for little kids, and Ten Red Apples is a perfect end to Apples week. It's a counting book, a farm book and a read-aloud that practically asks you to use silly voices.

We're ending Apples week with a warm one. On Tuesday we made a cold parfait. Today it's apple pie in a cup: soft cinnamon apples, warmed in the microwave, with a crunchy crumble on top. It's cozy, it's quick and it smells amazing.

Today's question is a science question: if we put an apple in water, will it sink to the bottom or float on top? Most kids guess it will sink, because apples feel heavy. Then it floats, and they want to try everything in the kitchen.

Once you make applesauce at home, the jar from the store just isn't the same. It's also one of the best first cooking projects for little kids: they wash, they add, they stir and they mash. You handle the knife and the stove.

Two sisters watch the apple tree in their yard change with the seasons. In winter it's bare. In spring, leaves and blossoms come out, and a pair of robins builds a nest in its branches. The sisters watch the tree and the robins change together through summer. By fall, the apples are ready to pick, a

An apple makes a perfect paint stamp, and it comes with a surprise inside. Today your little one dips apple halves in paint and prints them onto paper. Cut one apple the "wrong" way, and a star appears.

Some books are about apples. This one is about the person who grows them. Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington follows a busy farmer through her work, from the orchard all the way to the market.

This might be the easiest letter game there is, and toddlers love it because they're allowed to rip paper. You write letters down a long strip of paper. Your child tears between them, one letter per piece, then names or finds the letters they've torn off.

Today we're learning B. For toddlers, the goal isn't writing the letter. It's hearing the /b/ sound at the start of words and connecting it to the shape of B. B is a great early letter because you can feel it: lips together, then a little pop of air.

It's Letter B day, so snack time is a whole plate of foods that start with the /b/ sound, like banana. Your little one gets to hear the sound again and again, taste it, and build a big B out of snacks before eating it.

Welcome to Apples week! We're starting with a snack that tastes like apple pie but takes five minutes and zero baking. Your little one layers yogurt, cinnamon apples and a crunchy topping in a clear cup, so they can see every stripe they made.

Today your little one becomes an engineer. The challenge: build a tree that can stand up on its own and hold apples. There's no right answer. The fun is in trying, watching it wobble and trying again.

If your toddler has ever asked, "Where do apples come from?", this is the book for you. How Do Apples Grow? is part of Jill McDonald's Hello, World! series, sturdy board books that explain real science in words little kids understand.

Last week we met the number 1. This week we add one more and get 2. Your body is full of twos (eyes, ears, hands, feet), so it's the perfect number to find everywhere.

A full week of apple activities for ages 2 to 4: easy apple snacks, simple projects, favorite apple books, talk-about-it questions and free printables, all in one place.

Everything we use for Letter B in one place: a snack plate, a quick talk, a letter game, a book and a free tracing page. For parents and caregivers of children ages 2 to 4.

Everything we use for the number 2 in one place: a quick talk, a counting game, a snack, a book and a free tracing page. For parents and caregivers of children ages 2 to 4.