Overview
The children will try some tasty treats and then practice writing the uppercase letter T and lowercase letter t and saying the /t/ sound as in table, tiny, and test.

Literacy Activities
Make tasting trays

• Demonstrate how to write a letter T.
• Have the children practice writing the uppercase letter T and lowercase letter t in the air.
• Pass out a tray or paper plate to each child and help them write the letter T on their trays.
• Introduce the tasty treats, holding up one at a time, as the children respond with “/t/, /t/, tangerine starts with the /t/ sound.”
• Have each child take a turn telling the other children which treat they want to taste (e.g., “I want to taste a tangerine, taffy, and Twizzlers”).

Taste the treats

• Tell the children they will now get to try, take, or taste the teacher’s tasty treats, then establish how many treats each child may place on their tray.
• Say phrases such as, “Today I’m tasting taffy, tangerines, and Twizzlers.”
• Remind the children that everything they are tasting starts with T, which makes the /t/ sound.
• Signal that the children may eat their treats by saying, “Time to taste our tiny treats!”
• Invite the children to trade T treats with other children.

More Practice
Terrific or terrible

• Create a chart listing the treats the children tasted.
• Have the children write the initial letter T for each treat.
• Have children vote whether they thought each treat was terrific or terrible.
• Record the results on the chart.

Read the Tasty Treat chart

• Have the children clap each time they hear the /t/ sound.
• Read the list together (support as needed).
• Have the children make a menu of tasty treats using pictures and words.
• Read the menu together and emphasize the /t/ sound.