State the Objective
Tell the children that they will write the letters B and b on a big blue banner as they recognize and name the letter B.

Literacy Activities
Big blue banner 

• Write and name the letters B and b.
• Read You’re Beautiful with the children, emphasizing the /b/ sound (optional).
• Show the children the big blue sheet of butcher paper and explain that this will be their B banner.
• Tell the children that the word banner starts with the letter B.
• Have the children write the letter B on pictures of objects that begin with B (see below).
• Help the children attach the pictures to the big blue banner.

Write the target letters

• Write a large letter B on the banner.
• Help the children use black, blue, and brown markers to write B and b on the banner.