State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will buy things beginning with the letter D for a dollar as they practice saying the /d/ sound in words that begin with the letter D, such as daisy, drop, and desk.

Literacy Activities
Buy objects beginning with D

• Attach dollar price tags to objects or picture cards that start with D.
• Set up a store with the objects or pictures on a desk (optional).
• Give the children pretend dollar bills to buy objects that start with the /d/ sound.
• Have the children write the letter D on their dollar bill.
• Have the children buy their chosen item or picture by dropping their dollars on the desk and saying, “___ (item chosen) starts with /d/, /d/, /d/, D.”

More Practice
Drop and hop

• Create a hopscotch game by drawing a hopscotch grid on a large piece of paper or by placing smaller sheets together.
• Invite the children to fill each square by writing a D or a d.
• Have the children drop an object that starts with the /d/ sound (e.g., dice, dot, dinosaur) on a square.
• Instruct the children not to hop in the square where the object lands.
• Have the children say the /d/ sound as they hop from square to square.

Write the target letter

• Help the children write the uppercase letter D and lowercase letter d on a piece of paper.
• Remind the children of objects they bought with a dollar from the store (e.g., daisy, dress, dice).
• Tell the children to draw pictures of several of those items on that same piece of paper.