Print out pies of the different colors you want the child to be practicing. It is suggested you use no less than five but no more than 10. You will need two of each pie. Cut out the pies, affixing one of each color to the file folder and placing the other in the game piece envelope. To play, children simply match the pies. For more advanced children, you can replace the pie game pieces with color words.
Buy a package of star-shaped stickers, and affix them in groups on the inside of the file folder. Then, using the computer, generate big stars that have the numbers that correspond with those groups written on them. For example, if you have a group of seven stars in the folder, you will need a big star that has the number 7 on it. The big stars should then be cut out and placed in their game piece folder. To play, children match groupings with the number that represents them.
Print two or three large cartoonish penguins off. On the belly of each, type or use a marker to write the last letters of a word family. For example, you might write " __ ap". Then print a number of smaller matching penguins, and write beginning letters or letter groups that will create words in that family. For the "ap" family, these little penguins might be labeled "c, m, r, sn, n, cl, c" etc. You can also leave some little penguins blank. Students can write on these, after lamination, with a dry erase marker, in order to make the game more advanced. The goal of the game is to try to make the most words possible in the word family.