To support children's identification of upper and lower case letters I have created phonics apple trees. The idea of this activity is for children to match the apples which have uppercase letters written on to the lowercase letters on the tree, creating a phonics apple tree.
I have carried out this activity with preschool and reception aged children, both of which really enjoyed the challenge of matching the letters. I began this activity by mixing up all of the apples and discussing with the children the difference between capital letters and lower case letters and what they are used for.
I then challenged the children to match the apples with the letters on the tree. The children picked up one apple at a time and said the sound of the letter and did the jolly phonics action to help their memory. The children then searched the tree to find the correct corresponding letter and placed the apple over the top. The children repeated this until the whole tree was complete.
Once the children successfully completed the phonics apple tree we counted how many apples are on the tree, talked about this being the number of letters in the alphabet and the children also identified the letter their names began with.
To make your own phonics apple tree you will need:
- A3 paper to stick the tree on.
- Brown paper to cut out a tree trunk.
- Green paper to make the tree with lowercase letters written on.
- Circles of red paper to make the apples with capital letters written on. As an alternative you could use red stickers but to make this activity reusable I laminated red paper to make the apples.
If you make 2 phonics apple trees like I have done make sure you store the apples in 2 separate zip lock bags to prevent confusion if they get mixed up. I hope you enjoy making your own phonics apple tree.
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