State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will set up a T tent and fill it with objects that start with the /t/ sound while they listen for words that begin with the /t/ sound, such as tent, tarp, and tree.

Literacy Activities
Set up a T tent 

• Create a line of letter T cutouts on the ground leading to an open space. 
• Have the children follow the T trail. 
• Take a cut-out letter T, put it on the ground, and tell the children that this is where they will place the tent. 
• Explain to the children that before they can set up a tent, they have to put down a tarp (a plastic sheet to keep water out of the tent), then have the children help you put down the tarp. 
• Have the children help you set up the tent by draping the sheet over chairs. 

T Tags

• Help the children cut out pictures of trees. 
• Make a pile of cut-out letters and ask the children to find the cut-out Ts, then put them next to or on the trees and the tent. 
• Have the children find objects and pictures in the room that start with the /t/ sound (e.g., tools, train, towel), then tape T tags on the objects and pictures and put them in the tent. 
• Pretend that the tent is tipping. Say, “Don’t tip the tent!” 

More Practice
Repeat words with the target letter 

• Have the children tell you how to take a trek on the T trail to set up the tent. Emphasize the Ts and phrases with the /t/ sound. 
• Have the children take the T trail back to their tent, but by only stepping on Ts and saying the /t/ sound every time they do. 
• Ask the children to help you create a tongue twister with the /t/ words that you have talked about and let everyone have fun trying to say it.