State the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to sneeze at A as they recognize and name the letter A.

Literacy Activities
Sneeze at the letter A 

• Write and name the letter A and a. 
• Tell the children to say, “Achoo!” every time they see the letter A. 
• Have the children write the letter A and a on small pieces of paper, or print the letter cards (see below).
• Place the letters face down.
• Have the children pick a letter card. 
• For each A, have all the children say, “Achoo! We found an A!”

Stack and play with A 

• Stack the A cards. 
• Let a child pretend to sneeze, “Achoo!” as he or she blows the letters around. 
• Say, “As went all around!”
• Have the children stack the letters again.
• Let the children take turns sneezing at the stacks of letters.

Find the target letters

• Display the page of mixed-up letters (see below) or write several letters, mostly A and a.
• Have the children find each A. 
• Have the children pretend to sneeze and say, “Achoo! I found an A!”