Overview
The children will spin spools in water and spill water out of spouts, then practice writing sp and saying the /sp/ sound, as in splash, spout, and spoon.

Literacy Activities
Spin, spill, and splash

• Spread the plastic drop cloth or cut plastic sack on the floor.
• Read the action cards (see below) with the children, then have them underline the letters sp in each word.
• Point out that the letters sp make the /sp/ sound.
• Set out objects that begin with sp (e.g., spots, spouts, sponge, spoon).
• Have the children choose and read the action cards.
• Let the children take turns acting out the sp actions using the water bottles or squirt guns, and sp objects.
• Throughout the activity, emphasize the sp sounds by making comments such as, “You’re spilling spools on spots,” or “You can spin a spout.”

Read sp words in a text

• Read the Spin, Spill, and Splash target text (see below) as a group.
• Have the children underline the letters sp in words in the text.
• Read the text again and have the children spin a spool each time they hear a word that begins with the /sp/ blend.

Write the target letters

• Help the children write the letters sp and say /sp/ each time they write the letters.  
• Have the children sprinkle and spray water on the letters they wrote.