Overview
The children will go on a journey to find things that begin with the letter J as they practice writing the uppercase letter J and lowercase letter j and saying the /j/ sound in words such as jump, jingle, and jacket.

Literacy Activities
J Journey

• Place the picture cards or objects around the room.
• Show the children the letter J and have the children name the letter and say the /j/ sound all together.
• Teach the children the J Journey chant and emphasize the /j/ sound in the J words.
• Have the children search the room for an object or picture of an object beginning with the letter J.
• When a child finds a picture or object, have everyone repeat the J Journey chant while performing the actions.
• Have the children circle the letter J on each picture card and say the /j/ sound.

More Practice
Read target words in a text

• Read the J Journey chant to the children.
• Have the children find and underline the letters J and j throughout the text, saying the /j/ sound each time they underline a letter.
• Read the J Journey chant again and have the children jump and make the /j/ sound every time they hear a word that begins with the letter J.

Play a memory game

• Cut out two copies of the picture cards, mix them up, and set them face down.
• Have the children take turns flipping over two cards at a time to find a match.
• Once children find a matching set of pictures, have the child write the letter J on a piece of paper as they say the /j/ sound.