State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will fill a funny frame as they listen for things that start with the /f/ sound, such as fit, fruit, fairy, and foot.

Literacy Activities
Filling a funny frame

• Choose a child to tape or glue the Ff page inside the funny frame, explaining that the letter F makes the /f/ sound, and have the children make the /f/ sound with you.
• Go through the stack of picture cards with the children, inviting them to emphasize the /f/ sound and identify each picture by saying, "/f/ /f/ /f/ ___ (e.g., fish)."
• Have the children choose one of the picture cards to stick in the funny frame.
• Say together, “A ___ (e.g., fish) fits in our funny frame.”
• Repeat with the rest of the picture cards or until the funny frame is full.

More Practice
Recognize and produce the target sound

• Have the children tell you all of the things they put in the funny frame as you write them on a whiteboard or chart paper.
• Use the words from the list to say in the sentence, “We fit a ___ (e.g., frog) in the funny frame.”
• Say the sentence with the children and have them touch a finger to their forehead every time they hear a word that begins with the /f/ sound.