Desktop Ąctivities; Ąbc Tree - LeapFrog ClickStart Manual

Desktop Ąctivities
ĄBC Tree
Children tap keys on the keyboard to pick fruit off the ĄBC Tree!
Level 1
Each time your child taps
a key on the keyboard,
the corresponding
number or letter appears
on a piece of fruit in the
ĄBC Tree and makes it
fall. Children can keep
pressing keys at random
to help Scout harvest all
the fruit.
Level 2
Each piece of fruit has a
letter on it. Children have
to tap all the letters on
the tree to pick all the
fruit. In later rounds, they
are asked to hit letters in
order, spelling words one
letter at a time!
Much like a true PC experience, your child
can click any of the icons on the desktop
to explore, play a game and learn. There
are four learning games included with the
CLICKSTĄRT™ system: ĄBC Tree, 1-2-3
Click, Inbox and Type Time.
Core Curriculum
Letter exposure and identification, matching
Computer Literacy
QWERTY keyboarding skills,
screen navigation
Other Ways to Play
Ąs your child plays through the first learning level,
say a number or letter and ask your child to find it on
the keyboard.
Count out loud with your child as the pieces of fruit
fall into Scout's wagon.
When consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words are
introduced in level 2, help your child think of familiar
objects that are also CVC words, such as cat, pig,
bat, bed, bus and dog . Ąsk your child to spell the
words out loud and then look for the letters on
the keyboard.
Ąsk your child to say CVC words out loud when
you encounter them in books or other print to
reinforce learning.
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