Overview
The children will help a boy named Victor buy a Valentine’s Day present that starts with V as they practice saying the /v/ sound in words such as victory, vest, and violet.

Literacy Activities
Valentine for Victoria

• Place the large picture cards around the room.
• Read the Victor Loves Victoria target text with the children.
• Each time a new V item is mentioned in the story, have the children find that item’s picture card.
• Give the children a picture of a vest and have them decorate it for Victoria by attaching the small picture cards to the vest.
• Have the children identify and circle the letter V in the words on the picture cards attached to the vest.

More Practice
Read words with the target letter

• Have the children identify and circle the letter V in the Victor Loves Victoria target text.
• Read the story again, and this time, have the children hold up their fingers in the shape of a letter V every time they hear a word beginning with the /v/ sound.

Write the target letter

• Have the children write the letter V all over the vest using a violet crayon, pencil, or marker.