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August 27, 2012 | 20 Comments

Alphabet Apple Tree

Alphabet For StartersLearning the alphabet comes in many forms. Our Alphabet For Starters series is all about playing with letters in a creative environment and this letter activity was a huge hit! There are lots of ways of changing it around for different levels too so don’t miss my notes after the tutorial if you want to do this with children who aren’t just starting out with letters. This may seem like a simple letter activity and it is but it’s sneaky too.  Little fingers have to peel the apples off giving their fine motor skills some serious work.

  1. Gather your materials. This picture is incomplete because I shifted my plan part way through and so glad I did, the final result was a blast! You will need some craft paper or paper bag, brown paint, paint brush, marker, scissors, contact paper, and green, yellow and red paper . A basket is not a must but if you have one grab it. alphabet for starters
  2. Start by cutting a truck from craft paper or a paper bag. I taped it down because my daughter is exuberant with paint ( you’ll see)  and this helps keep it all in one place. alphabet for starters
  3. Paint with a brush…alphabet for starters
  4. Or your hands. alphabet for starters You really don’t need to have your child(ren) help make the tree but when kids help make the activity there is a deeper connection to the learning.
  5. While that is drying and you are done washing the gallons of paint off your toddler make some apples from red and yellow paper.
  6. Add letters.alphabet for starters
  7. Once it’s dry tape the trunk to the wall . Add tape to the back of green paper and add it to the tree.
  8. Cover the top of the tree with contact paper sticky side OUT.
  9. Add the apples.
  10. Make sure that you are leaving a corner of the apple off to peel off.
  11. Basket in hand and ready to pick her apples!
  12. Go!
  13. She really had a great time and got excited to announce which apples she was picking. As always she chose the first letter of her name first followed by the mine, her brother’s and her dad’s. It’s exciting to see that she connects letters to people meanings outside of the immediate activity. As soon as we were done she bolted from the playroom full basket in hand to show her dad all her letter apples. I would have taken a shot of his but he was sorting laundry and well my literal dirty laundry has no place on the internet .

How to take it to the next step :

  • Have a chart of lowercase letters and have your child peel off the uppercase apples to match the lowercase letters.
  • Use sight words instead of letters. Call out the sight word and have your child find , peel and pop them in the basket.

Alphabet Book

“A” Was Once An Apple Pie by Edward Lear and Suse MacDonald is an adaptation of the classic Edward Lear poem that had both my children transfixed. The bold bright colors kept my daughter who is 10 months old wide eyed the whole time and the playful way Suse MacDonald adapted the text had my son listening from A-Z as well. It was incredibly fun to read allowed tongue tying me at times which resulted in us all giggling hysterically in a heap. A book that can do that is a must have in my opinion.

 

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Alphabet activities, Alphabet For Starters, Apple Tree, Fine Motor Activities, Letters & Numbers | 20 Comments

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20 Comments

  1. Amy @ Z is for Zel says

    August 27, 2012 at 9:58 am

    I love this activity! My son is very interested in letters right now and I was hoping to find a fun way to teach him lowercase. I will definitely be reading more of your Alphabet for Starters series for more ideas.

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  2. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It says

    August 27, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Such a cute activity, I know any kid would love it. We did a similiar concept with our Kindergardners with sight words too.

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  3. molly says

    September 1, 2012 at 10:57 am

    You could reuse a grocery store papter bag for the trunk

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  4. Christy says

    September 17, 2012 at 11:59 am

    This is awesome. I had an idea for something like this last night, but your idea is so much better and more thought out. Thank you

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  5. Michelle says

    September 18, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    The 99 Cent store has apple shaped post-it notes! So going to build our tree today!! Thanks!

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  6. Wakesho Evelyn says

    September 16, 2017 at 11:02 pm

    Thank you for these great ideas, i will definitely try them in my class during literacy lessons.

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