Overview
The children will shop at a Pretend Penny store as they practice saying the /p/ sound in words such as pass, pretend, and pail.

Literacy Activities
Make pennies

• Pass out paper and have the children cut out circles to make pennies.
• Have the children write the letter P on each penny.
• Have each child say the /p/ sound while pointing to the letter P on the penny.

Purchase items with pennies

• Set out the picture cards (or real items) that start with P.
• Put up the Pretend Penny Store sign and a pail for the pretend pennies.
• Let the children "shop" in the store and make a purchase by putting a penny in the pail.
• Have the children name the item they purchased and say the /p/ sound while pointing to the P in the label on the picture.

More Practice
Play Pass the Penny

• Have the children sit in a circle and pass a penny around the circle.
• As each child gets the penny, have him or her say a word that starts with the letter P.

Make a Pretend Penny Store Catalog

• Assign each child to draw a picture of a word that starts with P.
• Help the children label their pictures.
• Put the pages together to create a Pretend Penny Store catalog.

Hop around the penny

• Create a hopscotch game by drawing a hopscotch grid on the ground or by placing sheets of paper together.
• Invite the children to write the letter P on each square.
• Drop a penny somewhere on the hopscotch grid.
• Tell the children to hop on each square except the square where the penny lands.
• Have the children say the /p/ sound as they hop on each square.