🍎Hands-On Fall Literacy Fun with Apple Pick and Match!
Bring Fall Learning to Life with Apple Pick & Match!
When the air turns crisp and the excitement of fall kicks in, I’m always looking for ways to bring that energy into our learning time—without adding more prep to my plate. That’s why I love Apple Pick & Match!
This hands-on, apple-themed center feels like a game but delivers real phonics and reading practice. Whether you’re teaching in the classroom or at home, it’s an easy way to keep kids engaged while building essential literacy skills.
🍏What is Apple Pick & Match?
Kids open plastic apples filled with picture cards, CVC words, CVCe words, blends, digraphs, or even decodable sentences, and match them to the correct strip using a bingo chip, pom-pom, or mini eraser. It’s like a harvest-themed literacy treasure hunt that keeps kids excited and learning.
🍂 Why Teachers and Parents Love It
This 6-in-1 resource makes it easy to differentiate for different learners. From letter recognition to sentence reading, you can adjust the challenge to fit your students' needs—keeping your fall centers fresh, purposeful, and fun.
It’s also perfect for building decoding skills with decodable word strips and simple sentences, supporting Science of Reading-aligned instruction in a playful, hands-on way.
🍎 What's Included:
✅6 Literacy Centers in 1 – Perfect for Differentiation!
✅ 26 Alphabet Letter Strips – Upper & Lowercase Beginning Sound Matching Mats
✅ 26 CVC Word Strips with Picture Matching Mats
✅ 26 CVC Decodable Sentence Strips with Picture Matching Mats
✅ 26 CVCe Sentence Strips with Picture Matching Mats
✅ 26 Blends & Digraphs Word Strips with Picture Matching Mats
✅ 26 CVCe Word Strips with Picture Matching Mats
⭐ Easy Prep! Cut the cards and place them inside plastic apples.
🧺 How We Use It
I love pulling this out during back-to-school season or fall review. It’s a great way to keep kids engaged and practicing phonics without them even realizing how much they’re learning. We keep the plastic apples in a basket, and the kids take turns opening, reading, and matching—it’s always a hit!
🎥See Apple Pick & Match in Action
Want to see how easy it is to set up and use?
Here’s a quick peek at how we use Apple Pick & Match in our learning space.
✨Want to Make It Even More Fun?
Want to set it up like I did? Here are the materials I used to make it even more exciting:
🍂 Bring Fall Learning to Life with Apple Pick & Match!
This low-prep, skill-based activity makes literacy learning interactive and exciting—perfect for small groups, centers, or independent practice all fall long.
Ready to bring hands-on fall literacy fun to your classroom or home? Grab Apple Pick & Match today and make phonics practice feel like play!
🚌Getting Ready for Back-to-School?
Take a peek at my Back-to-School Math & Literacy Centers Bundle—perfect for building early skills with hands-on fun in the first weeks of school!
