State the Objective
Tell the children that they will decide where to visit on a vacation as they listen for the /v/ sound in words such as visit, vacation, van, view, valley, volcano, village.

Literacy Activities
Have children comment on places to go on a pretend vacation

• Ask the children if they want to take a pretend vacation in a vehicle – a van.
• Comment on hearing the /v/ in words as you suggest various places to visit on a vacation:
  • Visit a village?   
  • View a valley?
  • View a volcano?
  • Venture on a voyage? 
  • Visit a valley and view the vista?
  • Visit a vast valley with a view of vivid trees?

Pretend to pack Vs and /v/ things for a V vacation 

• Tell the children that they will go on a pretend vacation in a van and will bring things that start with the /v/ sound.
• Display pictures of things that begin with the /v/ sound (see below) or pretend to pack that begin with /v/ (e.g., vase, video, vinegar, vine, violin, vest, vegetable, vacuum, volleyball). 
• Make a gesture of putting things in a bag and have the children say, for example, “pack a violin in a van for a V vacation!”
• Have the children write Vs on pieces of paper and ask them to produce the /v/ sound as they pack the Vs to take on a V vacation.