This game can be adapted to meet various skill levels.
Materials
Simple cut out of apple tree glued onto heavy cardstock or cardboard
Red dot stickers
Red pompoms
Homemade spinner or cards with letters, numbers, or sight words
Directions
Place red dot stickers on tree to represent apples. Write an uppercase letter on each dot. Make a simple spinner or create flash cards with the same uppercase letters. Invite your child to spin the spinner or turn over a card. He then places a red pompom on the red dot sticker that matches the card or letter on the spinner. Continue playing until all the red dot stickers are covered with pompoms.
Adaptations
1. Match uppercase letters to lowercase letters.
2. Use a die and match the number of dots on the die to the number symbol on the red sticker dots.
3. Create a spinner or flashcards with sight words: and, the, is, to, in, etc. Write same sight words on red dot stickers. Child reads the word from the spinner or card and places a red pom .pom on top of the matching sight word on the red dot sticker.