Overview
The children will make K crowns so that they can all be King K while they practice saying the /k/ sound in words such as kitten, kite, and kangaroo.

Literacy Activities
Send objects up, up, and away

• Give each child a crown and some K picture cards.
• Ask the children to circle the letter K in the word on each picture card while they say the /k/ sound.
• Have the children glue the picture cards onto the crown.
• As the children glue the picture cards onto their crowns, have them say the name of the picture, emphasizing the first sound (e.g., /k/, /k/, king).
• Occasionally ask the children what letter the /k/ word starts with.
• Staple the ends of each crown together so each will fit on the children’s heads.
• Talk together about some of the things King K might do in his kingdom (e.g., “King K most likely keeps a kitten in his kingdom,” “King K probably has a key to the kingdom’s palace,” “King K must love flying kites”).
• Have the children put their King K crowns on and have them all perform some K actions with you (e.g., say, “King K karate kicks!” or “King K blows a kiss!”).
• Have the children say, “K!’ as they do the actions.

More Practice
Read the target letter

• Write a list on the board of things the K King does in his kingdom and actions that begin with K (e.g., kite, kiss, kick).
• Read the list as a group by saying, “/k/, /k/, ___ starts with K.”
• Have the children circle the letter K at the beginning of each word and have them say the /k/ sound each time they circle a letter.

Write the target letter

• Help the children write the uppercase letter K and lowercase letter k on small pieces of paper or sticky notes.
• Allow the children to draw pictures of things from the activity that begin with the letter K (e.g., kite, key, kitten) on small pieces of paper or sticky notes.
• Let the children attach the letters and pictures on the King K crown.