State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will play a seat-switching game as they listen for words that start with /s/, such as seat, switch, sit, and stay. 

Literacy Activities
Switch Seats game

• Choose one child to stand in the middle of the circle of chairs and have the other children sit down on the chairs, making sure every seat is filled. 
• Explain the Switch Seats game:
  • Have the child in the middle of the circle walk up to one of the sitting children and say either, “Stay in your seat,” or “Switch seats.” 
  • If the child in the middle says, “Stay in your seat,” the children stay where they are and the child in the middle approaches another child. 
  • If the child in the middle says, “Switch seats,” all of the children switch seats while the person in the middle tries to sit in a seat. 
  • Have the children chant, “Switch seats!” as they find new seats. 
  • The person who doesn’t get a seat is the new child in the middle. 
• Repeat the game as many times as desired. 
• Remind the children of the words in the activity that begin with /s/ and invite them to think of other words that start with /s/, supporting as necessary.

More Practice
Identify words with the target letter 

• Put one more chair in the circle so all the children have a chair. 
• Explain to the children that they should stay in their seat if you say a word that doesn’t begin with the /s/ sound. 
• Tell the children that they should only switch seats If you say a word that begins with the /s/ sound. 
• Stand on the outside of the circle of chairs and say several /s/ and non-/s/ words in random order (e.g., skunk, sell, run, sip, space, fast, spider, sink, dog, sail) while the children stay or switch as appropriate.