Overview
The children will pretend to be joyful as they jump and jingle and say the /j/ sound in words such as jingle, joy, and juggle.

Literacy Activities
Jump for Joy

• Show the children the letter J and remind them that J makes the /j/ sound.
• Have the children stand up and follow your instructions as you say each part of the activity routine. 
• Hold up the large letter cards as you read the Jump for Joy target text.
• Repeat the chant, having the children join in with the words while they perform the actions.
• Make a list of the words from the activity that begin with the /j/ sound (e.g., joyfully, jumping, jump, joy, jingling, jingle, juggling, juggle). Have the children circle the letter j in each word on the list.

More Practice
Jump for J

• Hide the small letter cards around the room.
• Have the children search for the letters.
• When children find a letter J or j, have them say the /j/ sound and jump up and down.

Read target words in a text

• Read the Jump for Joy target text to the children.
• Have the children circle every letter J and j.
• Read the text again and have the children say the /j/ sound each time you come to a letter J or j.
• Repeat with the Jack and Jill target text.